Pound Trader Weekly Message

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?

I'll show you your future, if you show me your 5 best friends!

I never really got this one. Is it like if you have smart friends you end up being smart?

No, the people you hang around reflect where your going in the future, if your trying to better yourself you start to hang around people who has the same work ethic or goals as you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don't know about you, but I make plenty. You can't turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.

A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.”


― Albert Einstein

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.

― Bruce Lee

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

some of you love sleep more than you love success. if you want to be successful, you have to be willing to give up sleep!

May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. And rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.