Words of wisdom from Warren Buffett
We’ve collected some of the most famous quotes from Warren Buffett, one of the world’s greatest investors to give you inspiration.
03/04/2018
Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time and is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. The son of a US congressman, he bought his first stock aged just 11 and was filing taxes by the time he was 13. According to Forbes, Buffett’s net worth is $85bn, although he has committed to giving more than 99% of his vast fortune to charity. He has proved that he understands how to be a successful investor, but what can the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ teach us? Below, we’ve collected some of his famous quotes to provide you with inspiration for your own approach to investing.
• “Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that ‘price is what you pay;value is what you get’. Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.”
• “In the short term, the market is a popularity contest. In the long term, the market is a weighing machine.”
• “It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.”
• “Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.”
• “Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.”
• “Successful investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”
• “It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.”
• “What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history.”
• “The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd nor against the crowd.”
• “I tell college students, when you get to be my age you will be successful if the people who you hope to have love you, do love you.”
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