- “There are times when doing nothing is a sign of investing brilliance”
- “If you don’t know jewelry,know the jeweler”
- “Think 10 years, rather than 10 minutes”
- “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing”
- “Our favourite holding period is forever”
- “A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought”
- “Rule No 1: Never lose money. Rule No 2: Never forget rule No 1”
- “Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars”
- “I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years”
- “We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds”
- “Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote”
- “We believe that according the name “investors” to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a “romantic””
- “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years”
- “We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful”
An inspiring collection of quotes from one of the most successful investors!
I would like to add one of my favourites too “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long time ago.” -as said by Warren Buffett, the investing genius. A true inspiration for all the budding investors around.