Warren Buffett

Investment Businessman American Born 1930 (age 96)

'It's far better to buy a wonderful company at fair price.'

383 quotes

"I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no fool to think."
Success
"The key to success is to focus on the long-term vision while executing on the short-term goals."
Leadership
"What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end."
Wisdom
"Slow down and take pride in your craft. That's the Berkshire way."
Work
"It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong."
Money
"Buy things that are on sale. That's basic economics."
Money
"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come."
Perseverance
"The market is a pendulum that forever swings between unsustainable optimism and unjustifiable pessimism."
Wisdom
"Money is not going to make you happy; your values and your character will."
Happiness
"Just because an investment is well known does not mean it's well understood."
Knowledge
"The greatest investment you can make is in people and relationships."
Relationships
"Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life. I love what I do."
Happiness
"Temperament is more important than intellect in investing."
Wisdom
"Never invest in a business you cannot understand."
Knowledge
"The person that reads is the one that leads."
Education
"Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is."
Money
"I think it's important to be generous with your time."
Kindness
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
Happiness
"We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful."
Courage
"If you don't know who you are, this is an expensive place to find out."
Life
"The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything."
Strength
"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
Gratitude
"In my view, the best thing you can do is to go back to school and get an education in a field you love."
Education
"Investing is the process of laying out money now to receive more money in the future."
Money
"Every time you see another, remember that it's just a number on a stock ticker."
Money
"I really like people. I like reading about people and understanding what makes them tick."
Relationships
"The best purchases are the ones where people don't realize the value of what they're getting."
Wisdom
"Appreciate your family. This is the one true wealth you have."
Family
"You can't make good decisions from bad information."
Knowledge
"If you want to be a partner at a top firm, work there as a janitor first. You'll understand it better."
Work