Warren Buffett Quotes
Browse 36 quotes from Warren Buffett, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.”
“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.”
“If you’re in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%”
“Millionaires don't rely on a single source of income.”
“Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1.”
“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.”
“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.”
“Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble”
“Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make.”
“When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.”
“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient”
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything”
“The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.”
“Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre”
“If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.”
“You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.”
“Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving”
“Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.”
“I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”
“Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don't expect it from cheap people.”
“Don't pass up something that's attractive today because you think you will find something better tomorrow.”
“When hiring, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.”
“Never depend on a single income. Make investments to create a second source.”
“The best investment you can make is in yourself.”
“The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.”
“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction”
“Our favorite holding period is forever”
“You’ve got to keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no”
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.”
“I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute”
“Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.”
“The most dangerous distractions are the ones you love, but that don't love you back.”
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently”
