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Warren Buffett is the chairman and CEO Berkshire Hathaway and is largely considered as one of the worlds most successful investors. As of July 2020, he is the 4th richest person in the world with a net worth of 71.8 Billion Dollars (USD).
Here at Turtle Quote, we took a look at Warren Buffets interviews and notes to extract the best Quotes by Warren Buffett on Business, Investments and Life.
Quotes by Warren Buffett
โ Rule number one: Never lose money. Rule number two: Never forget rule number one.โ
โ Warren Buffett, โRules That Warren Buffett Lives Byโ by Stephanie Loiacono atย Yahoo Finance ย (23 February 2010)
โIf you invested in a very low cost index fund where you donโt put the money in at one time, but average in over 10 years youโll do better than 90% of people who start investing at the same time.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting (2004)
โSuccess in investing doesnโt correlate with I.Q. once youโre above the level of 125. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , As quoted inย Homespun Wisdom from the โOracle of Omahaโ by Amy Stone inย BusinessWeek ย (5 June 1999)
โIn the stock market you do not base your decisions on what the market is doing, but on what you think is rational.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy ย (2000), p. 112
โYou want to be greedy when others are fearful. You want to be fearful when others are greedy. Itโs that simple.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , Interview withย Charlie Rose , on PBS (1 October 2008)
โI think I could make you 50% a year on $1 million. No, I know I could. I guarantee that.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , As quoted in โWisdom from the โOracle of Omaha'โ by Amy Stone inย BusinessWeek ย (5 June 1999)
โ I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that any time thereโs a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , Interview on CNBC ย (1 July 2011)
โThe market isnโt so good at making sure that theย wealthย thatโs produced is being distributed fairly or wisely.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , AS QUOTED INย THE AUDACITY OF HOPE: THOUGHTS ON RECLAIMING THE AMERICAN DREAM ย (2006), CH. 5
โIf you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you would need very little in the way of a margin of safety.โย
โ WARREN BUFFETT , 1997 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, as quoted inย Of Permanent Valueย : The Story of Warren Buffett , by Andrew Kilpatrick, Vol. 2 (2007), p. 1615
โI call investing the greatestย businessย in theย worldย โฆ because you never have to swing.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , Interview inย Forbes ย magazine (1 November 1974)
โI try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , In a panel discussion after the premier of the 2008 documentaryย I.O.U.S.A.
โWe donโt get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long weโll wait, weโll wait indefinitely.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , 1998 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, quoted inย Wait: The Art and Science of Delay ย (2012) by Frank Partnoy, p. 177
โInvestors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding company to catch up with the price they paid.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , 1998 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, as quoted inย The Essays of Warren Buffettย : Lessons for Corporate America ย (1998), p. 92
Quotes by Warren Buffet on Life
โIf youโre in the luckiest 1 percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , at Clinton Fund-Raiser, inย Bloomberg ย (27 June 2007)
โPeople will always try to stop you doing the right thing if it is unconventional.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , My $650,100 Lunch with Warren Buffettโ by Guy Spier, inย TIME ย (30 June 2008)
โI happen to have aย talentย for allocatingย capital. But myย abilityย to use that talent is completely dependent on theย societyย I wasย bornย into.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , as quoted inย The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream ย (2006), Ch. 5
โIt takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.ย If you think about that, youโll do things differently.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , Corporate Survival: The Critical Importance of Sustainability Risk Management ย (2005) by Dan Robert Anderson, p. 138
โWall Street is the only place that people ride to work in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , As quoted inย The Money Adventure ย (1998) by Egbert Sukop, p. 128
โI donโt have a problem withย guiltย aboutย money.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , As quoted inย Warren Buffett Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the Worldโs Greatest Investor ย (1997) by Janet C. Lowe, pp. 165-166
โI like thinking big. I always have. To me itโs very simple: if youโre going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , As quoted inย Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist ย (1995), by Roger Lowenstein, p. 77
โ Never count on making a good sale.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , As quoted inย Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist ย (1995), by Roger Lowenstein, p. 77
โSomeoneโs sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , Statement of January 1991, as quoted inย Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett ย (2007) by Andrew Kilpatrick
โLoveย is the greatest advantage a parent can give.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , Quoted in โShould You Leave It All to the Children?โ by Richard I. Kirkland Jr, inย Fortune ย (29 September 1986)
โRiskย comes from not knowing what youโre doing.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT
โYou only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you donโt do too many things wrong.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT
Quotes by Warren Buffett from his โPledgeโ
โSome material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , My Philanthropic Pledge
โToo often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , MY PHILANTHROPIC PLEDGE
โThe asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standingย friends.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , MY PHILANTHROPIC PLEDGE
โMy wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , MY PHILANTHROPIC PLEDGE
โ Iโve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , MY PHILANTHROPIC PLEDGE
Quotes by Warren Buffett from Berkshire Hathaway Chairmanโs Letters
โ I make no attempt to forecast the general market โ my efforts are devoted to finding undervalued securities.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , Letter to shareholders (2nd November 1959)
โ Our favorite holding period is forever.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , 1988 Chairmanโs Letter
โ After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, Charlie and I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems. What we have learned is to avoid them.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , 1989 Chairmanโs Letter
โThe most common cause of low prices is pessimism โฆ. Weย wantย to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces. Itโs optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , 1990 Chairmanโs Letter
โWe will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: An Ownerโs Manual ย (1999)
โAfter all, you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , 2001 Chairmanโs Letter
โPrice is what you pay; value is what you get.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , 2008 Chairmanโs Letter
โNever count on the kindness of strangers in order to meet tomorrowโs obligations.โ
โ WARREN BUFFETT , 2008 Chairmanโs Letter
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