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Average home prices are up 737% since 1980. The S&P 500 is up 18,894% over the same period.

The best investors know when to do nothing.

Your portfolio doesn't need more action. It needs fewer emotions.

The market rewards those who can wait without getting bored or scared.

90% of successful money management is just spending less than you make and being more patient than you are greedy.

"The big money is not in the buying or the selling, but in the waiting." -- Charlie Munger

Time in the market > Timing the market. Always.

The only difference between gambling and day trading is that casinos serve drinks faster.

The market rewards those who show up — not those who show off.

Most investors don't need more ideas. They need fewer mistakes.

The richest investors aren't the smartest. They're the calmest.

The market doesn't reward intelligence on a schedule. It rewards endurance over time.

Investing isn't about being right often. It's about being wrong less catastrophically.

Investing is 1% making decisions and 99% waiting patiently.

The market doesn't steal your money. Your emotions do.

Volatility isn't risk. Ego is.

Most people would rather be right today than rich in 10 years.

The market can make you rich overnight—or wealthy for a lifetime. Choose.