“Value investing requires a great deal of hard work, unusually strict discipline, and a long-term investment horizon. Few are willing and able to devote sufficient time and effort to become value investors, and only a fraction of those have the proper mind-set to succeed.” MindLongHardAbleValuesTermDealsEffortWillingHard WorkDisciplineSucceedInvestmentInvestingLong TermSufficientHorizonInvestorsStrictFractionsMind Set Author:Seth Klarman
“College is a time in life where you get to know yourself as a player on the pitch and off the pitch. My coaches at USF were instrumental in making me understand the discipline it takes to succeed at the next level. Those were four special years for me.” KnowsYearsNextLevelsFourPlayerSpecialCollegeDisciplineSucceedCoachesKnow YourselfAnd OffNext Level Author:Jeff Cunningham
“Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do - dedication, perseverance, courage, extreme self-discipline and prayers” WorldSelfCharacterPrayerVirtueFieldsDisciplineSucceedPerseveranceExtremesChampionBoxingEndeavorDedicationSelf DisciplineWorld Champions Author:Manny Pacquiao
“The value of work, and of always learning something new, and what it takes to achieve excellence. I really believe in those things that you have to dedicate yourself and spend time, that excellence is elusive. It's a little maddening, to try to have that level of discipline in your life, and I don't succeed all the time. But I do try.” TryingBelieveLittlesValuesLevelsAchieveDisciplineSucceedExcellenceSomething NewEnd TimesSpend TimeElusiveAlways LearningLearning Something New Author:Ben Affleck
“I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as a foreign service officer with the Department of State. The government in Saigon was at the point of collapse and the [Lyndon] Johnson administration was preparing to send U.S. combat troops to prevent a communist victory there. I became convinced that the U.S. effort would not succeed because of the lack of conviction in the Saigon government compared to the discipline and sense of self-sacrifice among the Viet Cong.” FirstsSelfStatesGovernmentEffortSacrificeVictoryDisciplineSucceedSouthConvictionConvincedAdministrationDepartmentCommunistCombatOfficersVietnamCollapseTroopsPreparingJohnsonSense Of SelfSelf SacrificeEmbassySaigonViet CongForeign Service Author:William J. Duiker
“Some men, who begin by saying that the world is a hell, often end by saying that it is a heaven when they succeed in the practice of self-control.” MenWorldEndsSelfHeavenPracticeHellDisciplineSucceedSelf Control Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda