Words of Wisdom

It is an irony of our times that the majority of the world??s poorest people now live in countries with vast international financial reserves.

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them. ... Let me not look for allies in life??s battlefield but to my own strength. ~ Fruit-Gathering, Rabindranath Tagore

if you??ve got a squirt-gun in your pocket you may have to take it out. If you??ve got a bazooka, and people know you??ve got it, you may not have to take it out. . . . By increasing confi-dence, it will greatly reduce the likelihood it will ever be used. ~ Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson

Pain without words is a kind of wisdom, smiling without a word is a kind of open-minded.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. ~ Nelson Mandela

Coming true is not the only purpose of a dream. Its most important purpose is to get us in touch with where dreams come from, where passion comes from, where happiness comes from. Even a shattered dream can do that for you. ~ Lisa Bu

The symphony of Earth is playing right now, it??s just that we aren??t listening carefully. ~ Du-Chih Tu

In the Country of the Blind, the one-eyed Man is King. ~ The Country of the Blind, H. G. Wells

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn??t. ~ Pudd??nhead Wilson??s New Calendar, Mark Twain

What we have been told since the time of the Greeks is that every leader must try to control his own passions before he can hope to command the passions of others. ~ David Gergen

Finally, at times leaders have to deliberately avoid getting too close to the troops in order to ensure that they??re seeing the bigger picture. Emotionally intelligent leaders know when to rein it in.

Can you become a musician if you lack natural aptitude? Yes, you can, if you take lessons and practice enough. But will you ever be a Mozart? Probably not.

But change driven by fear or avoidance probably isn??t going to last. Change driven by hopes and aspirations, that??s pursued because it??s desired, will be more enduring.

A great love will outlast time, endure hardship, overcome distance, and withstand longing.

You can get a huge dose of reality by seeing yourself through your children??s eyes, noticing the ways they react to and reflect what you say and do. My kids are part of my 360-degree feedback. They??re the most honest of all. ~ Andrea Jung

Everyone comes into your life for a reason; some good, some bad. They shape or break us. But in the end make us who we are.

But change driven by fear or avoidance probably isn??t going to last. Change driven by hopes and aspirations, that??s pursued because it??s desired, will be more enduring.

The central issue isn??t a lack of ability to change; it??s the lack of motivation to change.

Never settle for being someone??s back-up plan. If you??re not their first plan, they don??t deserve you in the first place.

Look at the faces of people whom you meet. Each one has an incredible story behind their face, a story that you could never fully fathom, not only their own story, but the story of their ancestors. ~ Louie Schwartzberg

It\'s only by stopping movement that you can see where to go. And it\'s only by stepping out of your life and the world that you can see what you most deeply care about and find a home. ~ Pico Iyer

You will never know love unless you surrender to it.

The nearer I approach the end the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. It is marvelous, yet simple. ~ Victor Hugo

Visionaries not only believe that the impossible can be done, but that it must be done. ~ Barn Ferren

We can\'t change every little thing that happens to us in life, but we can change the way that we experience it. ~ Andy Puddicombe

The finest jewels are most carefully cut and polished; the hottest fire try the most precious metal.

Being in the habit of forgetting their last trade, win or lose, and moving on to the next trade.

Assessing risk first, profits second.

All traders give themselves exactly what they feel they deserve. Trading is an exercise in accumulating money. Once we have learned how to trade , who else or what else could be responsible for how much we end up with in our equity account? ~ Mark Douglas

It is a natural thinking process of most traders to focus on how much money can be made on a trade. Unfortunately, one important aspect is often overlooked: how much can be lost. The trader must learn to focus on controlling the risk of loss in each trade.