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Warren Buffett Quotes - Page 2

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If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes.

If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes.

Years, Investing, Minutes

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

Richard J. Connors, Warren Buffett (2010). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.5, John Wiley & Sons

It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.

Mistake

"Warren Buffett: 'My elephant gun is loaded'". Interview with Dominic Lawson, Robert Peston and Grant Ringshaw, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 22, 2002.

Learning how to live is much more important than learning how to make a living.

Inspirational Life, Important

Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut.

Cutting, Hair, Advice

Always associate yourself with people who are better than you.

Kayaking, People, Investing

Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.

Life, Generosity, Risk

The key to success is emotional stability.

Emotional, Keys, Key To Success

Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational.

Smart, Gossip, Envy

People will always try to stop you from doing the right thing if it is unconventional.

Learning, People, Environmental

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

Inspirational, Life, Honesty

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett". Book by Andrew Kilpatrick, 1994.

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.

Quality, Important, Buffets

"Rules That Warren Buffett Lives By". February 23, 2010.

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

Life, Success, Differences

The only question is whether you’re going to do it today or tomorrow. If you keep saying you’re going to do it tomorrow, you’ll never do it. You have to get on it today.

Today, Tomorrow, Ifs

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time.

Smart, Investing Money, Effort

Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffett (2013). “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Third Edition)”, p.71, Carolina Academic Press

The Happiest people DO NOT necessarily have the BEST THINGS. They simply APPRECIATE the things they have.

People, Appreciate, Best Things

Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.

Inspirational, Success, Money

The true investor welcomes volatility ... a wildly fluctuating market means that irrationally low prices will periodically be attached to solid businesses.

Mean, Lows, Volatility

Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.161, John Wiley & Sons

Never be afraid to ask for too much when selling or offer too little when buying.

Littles, Too Much, Buying

I think you should read everything you can. In my case, by the age of 10, I'd read every book in the Omaha public library about investing, some twice. You need to fill your mind with various competing thoughts and decide which make sense.

Book, Thinking, Mind

"BRK Annual Meeting 2007 Tilson Notes". Buffett FAQ, buffettfaq.com. 2007.

The Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does.

Rain, Ark, Doe

You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

Baby, Smart, Investing Money

Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffett (2013). “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Third Edition)”, p.71, Carolina Academic Press

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

Funny, Motivation, Business

Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up like compound interest.

Pages, Interest, Working It

"How To Use The Reading Habits of Billionaires To Radically Improve Your Intelligence and Success" by Elle Kaplan, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 23, 2016.

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