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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Most investors treat trading as a hobby because they have a full-time job doing something else. However, if you treat trading like a business, it will pay you like a business. If you treat trading like a hobby, it will pay you like a hobby, and hobbies don’t pay; they cost you. -Mark Minervini”
― Sudhir Dixit, How to See a Breakout, before it really happens: Breakout Signals in Descending Channels

“To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
― Mark Twain

“Choosing individual stocks without any idea of what you're looking for is like running through a dynamite factory with a burning match. You may live, but you're still an idiot.”
― Joel Greenblatt, The Little Book That Beats the Market

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?”
― George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
― Maimonides

“Truth is like poetry.
And most people fucking hate poetry.”
― Adam McKay, The Big Short: A Screenplay

“Your goal in life is to find out the people who need you the most, to find out the business that needs you the most, to find the project and the art that needs you the most. There is something out there just for you. —Naval Ravikant”
― Gautam Baid, Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. —Bruce Lee”
― Gautam Baid, Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

“Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. —Samuel Johnson”
― Gautam Baid, Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

“Most investors would perform better if they thought more and did less. One of the best hacks in the investment field is learning to be happy doing nothing.”
― Gautam Baid, Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

“We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we have only one. —Confucius”
― Gautam Baid, Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

“The only thing you can guarantee at somebody’s birth is his or her death; everything else is unpredictable.”
― Gautam Baid, Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching. —Gerard Way”
― Gautam Baid, Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

“Mark Twain, who said, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― Gautam Baid, Joys Of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. ~Mother Teresa”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: All Your Favorite Original Stories Plus 20 Bonus Stories for the Next 20 Years

“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”
― Warren Buffett