"When a beginner wins he feels brilliant and invincible Then he takes wild risk and loses everything."

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Source : Alexander Elder (1993). “Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading Tactics, Money Management”, p.11, John Wiley & Sons

Alexander Elder

#Winning Quotes #Risk Quotes #Beginners Quotes

“[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity”
“Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.”
“To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.”
“Republicans like Trent Lott, saying [Donald] Trump would be more flexible [then Ted Cruz].”
“I am a freelancer. My services are available to anyone at any time.”
“Modern civilization is largely devoted to the pursuit of the cult of delusion. There is no general information about the nature of mind. It is hardly ever written about by writers or intellectuals; modern philosophers do not speak of it directly; the majority of scientists deny it could possibly be there at all. It plays no part in popular culture: no one sings about it, no one talks about it in plays, and it's not on TV. We are actually educated into believing that nothing is real beyond what we can perceive with our ordinary senses.”
“Isn't it boring ... how people always want to tell you their own stories instead of listening to yours? I suppose that's why psychiatrists are better than friends; the paid listener doesn't interrupt with his own experiences.”

Source : Helen Van Slyke (1988). “Helen Van Slyke, three complete novels”, Random House Value Pub
“If I let a blue mood run rampant, before I know it I'm obsessing about the color of the satin lining in my coffin - will it match my dress? That's when I feel like Alice in Cancerland falling down the rabbit hole and just have to stop.”

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