Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called. Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened, but if a story touches you it will stay with you, haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit.
Skills and confidence are an unbeatable weapon.
It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.