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Time Quotes by Ray Dalio

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Ray Dalio’s time quotes blend finance lessons with personal growth. He stresses the need to be both defensive and aggressive in trading, to treat mistakes as learning tools, and to confront painful moments as turning points. The quotes also warn against wasted debates and highlight the importance of honest self‑assessment.

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I don't get caught up in the moment.

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“In trading you have to be defensive and aggressive at the same time.”

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I notice a difference from the moment I meditate.

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I think the media argues all the time with itself.

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“future. That led me to make a thirty-minute video, How the Economic Machine Works, which I released in 2013.”

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There is slow growth, but it is positive slow growth. At the same time, ratios of debt-to-incomes go down. That's a beautiful…

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“It doesn’t pay to be open-minded with everyone. Instead, spend your time exploring ideas with the most believable people you have access…

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“the primary purpose of every living thing is to act as a vessel for the DNA that evolves life through time.”

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“Be an imperfectionist. Perfectionists spend too much time on little differences at the margins at the expense of the important things.”

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“A thorough and accurate diagnosis, while more time-consuming, will pay huge dividends in the future.”

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“Don’t design jobs to fit people; over time, this almost always turns out to be a mistake.”

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“Having everyone randomly probe everyone else is an unproductive waste of time.”

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“Most people have a tough time reflecting when they are in pain and they pay attention to other things when the pain…

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“Watch out for people who think it’s embarrassing not to know. They’re likely to be more concerned with appearances than actually achieving…

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“During those terrible days after 9/11, when the whole country was being whipsawed by emotion, or the weeks between September 19 and…

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People who worry about looking good typically hide what they don't know and hide their weaknesses, so they never learn how to…

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“Every time you confront something painful, you are at a potentially important juncture in your life—you have the opportunity to choose healthy…

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“In trading you have to be defensive and aggressive at the same time. If you are not aggressive, you are not going…

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“you need to weigh first-order consequences against second- and third-order consequences, and base your decisions not just on near-term results but on…

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“Most of life’s greatest opportunities come out of moments of struggle; it’s up to you to make the most of these tests…

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“Assess believability by systematically capturing people’s track records over time. Every day is not a new day. Over time, a body of…

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Over time, it also became important for me to share my management principles with the people I worked with because we had…

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“But this approach fails in cases where the future is different from the past and you don’t know the cause-effect relationships well…

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“Debating takes time, and that time increases exponentially depending on the number of people participating in the discussion, so you have to…

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Most people have a hard time confronting their weaknesses in a really straightforward, evidence-based way. They also have problems speaking frankly to…

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“if everyone understood the basics, then economic policymakers would be able to do the right things a lot faster and with less…

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“Chances are you won’t have time to deal with the unimportant things, which is better than not having time to deal with…

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“Never rule out a goal because you think it’s unattainable. Be audacious. There is always a best possible path. Your job is…

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“Time is like a river that carries us forward into encounters with reality that require us to make decisions. We can’t stop…

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“I also recommend that both parties observe a “two-minute rule” in which neither interrupts the other, so they both have time to…

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“What was most important wasn't knowing the future—it was knowing how to react appropriately to the information available at each point in…

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“To visualize what I mean by “shaping” and “shapers,” think of Steve Jobs, who was probably the greatest and most iconic shaper…

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The main reason I write the daily observations is because I want to know where I'm wrong. So lots of times if…

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“no matter what asset class one held, there would come a time when it would lose most of its value. This included…

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“While in the past I would encounter problems, figure out their causes, and design my own ways to get around them, others…

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“Enforce the logic of conversations. People’s emotions tend to heat up when there is disagreement. Remain calm and analytical at all times;…

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“The best behaviors one can hope for come from leaders who can weigh the benefits of cooperation, and who have long enough…

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“I believe that great cultures, like great people, recognize that making mistakes is part of the process of learning, and that continuous…

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“Distinguish big problems from small ones. You only have so much time and energy; make sure you are investing them in exploring…

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The biggest mistake investors make is to believe that what happened in the recent past is likely to persist. They assume that…

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“Slow down your thinking so you can note the criteria you are using to make your decision. 2. Write the criteria down as a principle.…

“Having a process that ensures problems are brought to the surface, and their root causes diagnosed, assures that continual improvements occur.”

“If you can’t successfully do something, don’t think you can tell others how it should be done”

“Remember that a good plan should resemble a movie script.”

“I believe that the key to success lies in knowing how to both strive for a lot and fail well. By failing well, I…

I'm scared of one man, one vote because it suggests that everybody has an equal ability at making decisions, and I think that's dangerous.

“A manager’s ability to recognize when outcomes are inconsistent with goals and then modify designs and assemble people to rectify them makes all the…

“So I learned to be radically open-minded to allow others to point out what I might be missing.”

“During those terrible days after 9/11, when the whole country was being whipsawed by emotion, or the weeks between September 19 and October 10,…

“is more effective to train that subconscious, emotional you the same way you would teach a child to behave”

I think that the first thing is you should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future…

Life is like a game where you seek to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving your goals. You get better…

“when we look down on ourselves through the eyes of nature we are of absolutely no significance. It is a reality that each one…

“Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers.”

“Georgi Plekhanov’s classic On the Role of the Individual in History.”