“My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything.” PeopleSelfEarthForceInterestPowerfulLessonsEmbraceInvestingMost PowerfulLife LessonSelf Interest Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“Most people, whether bull or bear, when they are right, are right for the wrong reason, in my opinion.” PeopleReasonOpinionBearsInvestingBullsWrong Reasons Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“The stock market is never obvious. It is designed to fool most of the people, most of the time.” PeopleFoolObvious Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“If the unusual never happened there would be no difference in people and then there wouldn't be any fun in life. The game would become merely a matter of addition and subtraction. It would make of us a race of bookkeepers with plodding minds. It's the guessing that develops a man's brain power.” PeopleIfsMenMindMatterWould BeGamesFunDifferencesRaceBrainHappenedUnusualGuessingBrain PowerSubtractionBookkeepers Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“"On Pat Hearne - He made money in stocks, and that made people ask him for advice. He would never give any. If they asked him point-blank for his opinion about the wisdom of their commitments he used a favorite race-track maxim of his: "You can't tell till you bet.""” PeopleIfsGivingMadeUsedAsksRaceOpinionAdviceCommitmentInvestingTrackBlankTradingMaximsRace Track Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“I never hesitate to tell a man that I am bullish or bearish. But I do not tell people to buy or sell any particular stock. In a bear market all stocks go down and in a bull market they go up.” PeopleMenParticularBearsDown AndSellsInvestingTradingBullsBull MarketsBullish Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“People who look for easy money invariable pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this earth.” PeopleLooksEarthFoundEasyPayProveInvestingPrivilegeTradingEasy Money Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“It is what people actually did in the stock market that counted - not what they said they were going to do.” PeopleSaidInvestingThey SaidTrading Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
