Trading is not all about analysis and watching charts. It also require lot of inspiration both in good times and bad times to keep yourself motivated towards your goals. Sometimes I think a one liner quote is more useful than hours of chart watching, because it helps you to look at things from a different perspective. I personally get motivated with these inspirational and educational quotes. Here are some quotes by Chess Players, but one could also relate these to trading and learn a lot from it.
Every Chess master was once a beginner. - Irving Chernev
Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster. - Garry Kasparov
If the student forces himself to examine all the moves that smite, however absurd they look at first glance, he is on the way to becoming a master of tactics. - Cecil Purdy
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles. - Garry Kasparov
You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player. - Jose Capablanca
Most players ... do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to perfect themselves must regard their losses as lessons and learn from them what sorts of things to avoid in the future. - Jose Capablanca
Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won. - Bent Larsen
You work for a long period of time and the results don't really show, but at some point everything just comes together and you start to play better, or get more confidence. - Fabiano Caruana
Just as the pianist practices the most complicated pieces to improve the technique of his fingers, so too a grandmaster must keep his vision in trim by daily analysis of positions with sharp possibilities, and this applies whether he prefers such positions in his play or not. - Alexander Kotov
The psychological effects of having to hold a prospectless position for what might seem an infinite amount of time does nothing to aid the defender's concentration. - Michael Stean
He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist who either takes it easy or aspires after too much. Thus a slight disadvantage is very frequently seen to convert into a good, solid advantage. - Emanuel Lasker
Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging emotions (and not necessarily negative ones) we sometimes lose concentration and stop objectively evaluating the events that are taking place on the board. - Mark Dvoretsky
How come the little things bother you when you are in a bad position? They don't bother you in good positions. - Yasser Seirawan
By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that this provides the foundation for the continuous development of chess mastery. - Garry Kasparov
It is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful and more interesting if you take part actively in the analysis, find something yourself, and try to refute some of the author's conclusions. - Mark Dvoretsky
I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of the great players and your own. - Mikhail Botvinnik
Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating. - Samuel Reshevsky
Anyone who wishes to learn how to play chess well must make himself or herself thoroughly conversant with the play in positions where the players have castled on opposite sides. - Alexander Kotov
The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practice, a self-critical attitude to your games and a rooting out of all the defects in your play. - Alexander Kotov
That's what chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one. - Bobby Fischer
The key to ultimate success is the determination to progress day by day. - Edmar Mednis
People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it. - Jose Capablanca
You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what Chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other better ideas. - Stanley Kubrick
Every Chess master was once a beginner. - Irving Chernev
Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster. - Garry Kasparov
If the student forces himself to examine all the moves that smite, however absurd they look at first glance, he is on the way to becoming a master of tactics. - Cecil Purdy
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles. - Garry Kasparov
You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player. - Jose Capablanca
Most players ... do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to perfect themselves must regard their losses as lessons and learn from them what sorts of things to avoid in the future. - Jose Capablanca
Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won. - Bent Larsen
You work for a long period of time and the results don't really show, but at some point everything just comes together and you start to play better, or get more confidence. - Fabiano Caruana
Just as the pianist practices the most complicated pieces to improve the technique of his fingers, so too a grandmaster must keep his vision in trim by daily analysis of positions with sharp possibilities, and this applies whether he prefers such positions in his play or not. - Alexander Kotov
The psychological effects of having to hold a prospectless position for what might seem an infinite amount of time does nothing to aid the defender's concentration. - Michael Stean
He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist who either takes it easy or aspires after too much. Thus a slight disadvantage is very frequently seen to convert into a good, solid advantage. - Emanuel Lasker
Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging emotions (and not necessarily negative ones) we sometimes lose concentration and stop objectively evaluating the events that are taking place on the board. - Mark Dvoretsky
How come the little things bother you when you are in a bad position? They don't bother you in good positions. - Yasser Seirawan
By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that this provides the foundation for the continuous development of chess mastery. - Garry Kasparov
It is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful and more interesting if you take part actively in the analysis, find something yourself, and try to refute some of the author's conclusions. - Mark Dvoretsky
I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of the great players and your own. - Mikhail Botvinnik
Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating. - Samuel Reshevsky
Anyone who wishes to learn how to play chess well must make himself or herself thoroughly conversant with the play in positions where the players have castled on opposite sides. - Alexander Kotov
The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practice, a self-critical attitude to your games and a rooting out of all the defects in your play. - Alexander Kotov
That's what chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one. - Bobby Fischer
The key to ultimate success is the determination to progress day by day. - Edmar Mednis
People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it. - Jose Capablanca
You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what Chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other better ideas. - Stanley Kubrick
