Quotes


Positive Quotes

“When you borrow a man's car, always return it with a tank of gas.”

Positive Quotes

“All intelligent investing is value investing, acquiring more than you are paying for.”

Positive Quotes

“Those of us who have been fortunate have a duty to give back. Whether one gives a lot as one goes along as I do, or a little and then a lot (when one dies) as Warren does, is a matter of personal preference.”

Inspirational Quotes

“I try to get rid of people who confidently answer questions about which they don't have any real knowledge.”

Positive Quotes

“Being something and doing something that no one had done before are two different things.”

Work Quotes

“Own your work and compound credibility.”

Positive Quotes

“Warren talks about these discounted cash flows. I’ve never seen him do one.”

Positive Quotes

“I think that every time you see the word EBITDA, you should substitute EBITDA with ‘bullshit earnings’.”

Positive Quotes

“Envy is a really stupid sin because it’s the only one you could never possibly have fun at. There’s a lot of pain and no fun. Why would you want that?”

Motivational Quotes

“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.”

Learning Quotes

“We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side.”

Work Quotes

“Two thirds of acquisitions don’t work. Ours work because we don’t try to do acquisitions — we wait for no-brainers.”

Inspirational Quotes

“How to find a good spouse? The best single way is to deserve a good spouse.”

Life Quotes

“The best armor of old age is a well-spent life perfecting it.”

Lifestyle Quotes

“Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Day by day, and at the end of the day-if you live long enough-like most people, you will get out of life what you deserve.”

Fear Quotes

“All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there.”

Environmental Quotes

“The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.”

Inspirational Quotes

“To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people.”

Positive Quotes

“We don’t care about quarterly earnings and are unwilling to manipulate in any way to make some quarter look better.”

Time Quotes

“People calculate too much and think too little. Thinking is a surprisingly underrated activity in investing. People who cannot be alone with their own thoughts for a long time are terrible candidates to become successful investors.”