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Surprise is the mother of panic.
Declines are temporary, gains are permanent.
If you think the market’s 'too high' wait 'til you see it 20 years from now.
Wealth is not determined by investment performance, but by investor behavior.
Investment performance doesn't determine real-life returns; investor behavior does.
Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.
Timing the market is a fools game, whereas time in the market is your greatest natural advantage.
You have to pick what you're going to be worried about. Markets are volatile, but retirement is certain.
All financial success comes from acting on a plan. A lot of financial failure comes from reacting to the market
In the long run, not doing what's necessary to do the thing you're afraid will hurt you, hurts infinitely worse than doing it.
Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the . that squares with the facts, and with the historical record
Long-term investment success is almost totally a function of how one emotionally handles declines in the equity market, as opposed to how one's portfolio handles them.