Failure Quote by Whitney Tilson

“The mark of a wise person isn't never making mistakes - everyone makes plenty of them. Rather, it's the ability to quickly admit - and fix - them!” quote by Whitney Tilson — Download Open image

“The mark of a wise person isn't never making mistakes - everyone makes plenty of them. Rather, it's the ability to quickly admit - and fix - them!”

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There is no sure-fire way to get rich quickly. In fact, the pursuit of that usually leads to ruin.

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While I take no pleasure in others' misfortunes, we've historically made most of our profits from other investors behaving in a panicked and irrational…

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I'd say the general outline of a sound investment approach is, first of all, you have to decide are you going to try to…

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I have encountered thousands of value investors over the years and am constantly struck by their differences - and their similarities.

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God's love never fail :)

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