Quotes About Opportunity

If most traders would learn to sit on their hands 50 per cent of the time, they would make a lot more money.

You don't make money when you buy stocks. And you don't make money when you sell stocks. You make money by waiting.

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never face the facts.

From the very beginning I used sound business practices in everything I did. White businessman uses them to make money he's a genius. Black businessman uses them he's a crook. That's the way it is.

We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.

Downturns are the best time to start businesses because you develop discipline that's very lean and mean in terms of how to spend money. And those habits serve you very well in good times.

The Internet is like a gold-rush; the only people making money are those who sell the pans.

There is a time to make money and a time to not lose money.

The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business.

During the Gold Rush, most would-be miners lost money, but people who sold them picks, shovels, tents and blue-jeans (Levi Strauss) made a nice profit.

Everybody makes money when times are good. It's when times are not so good that the groundwork is laid for the next generation.

It is true that money cannot buy happiness but it does make it possible for you to enjoy the best that the world has to offer.

The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.

Look down, not up, when making your initial investment decision. If you don't lose money, most of the remaining alternatives are good ones.

Money is usually attracted, not pursued.

Money for me has only one sound: liberty.

Don't be afraid to spend money to make money. That's one thing I've never been afraid of... to invest in myself.

I learnt just how little it takes to survive, which is why I don't waste things – food, money, friendships or opportunities.

There are a lot of directors who make big money and do big things and then move out of the 'hood

Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

I suppose it is one time when you can really use your name to raise money. And if I am going to use it for anything, what more of a better opportunity (than) to use it here.

If you think you have a good idea, get into the marketplace as quickly as you can, using as little money as possible, and see what happens.

People think living in your parents' basement until you're twenty-nine is lame. But what they don't realize is that while you're there, you save money on rent, food, and dates.

Remember, I am neither a bear nor a bull, I am an agnostic opportunist. I want to make money short- and long-term. I want to find good situations and exploit them.