It was never my thinking that made big money for me. It was my sitting. Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon. I found it one of the hardest things to learn. But it is only after this that a stock operator can make big money. it is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade than hundreds did in the days of ignorance.
– Jesse Livermore, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator



