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Investor Inspirational Quotes (4481)

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That which is not worth doing at all is not worth doing well.
Warren Buffett
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There are all kinds of businesses that Charlie and I don't understand, but that doesn't cause us to stay up at night. It just means we go on to the next one, and that's what the individual investor should do.
Warren Buffett
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I want to be able to explain my mistakes. This means I do only the things I completely understand.
Warren Buffett
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I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.
Warren Buffett
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It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire.
Warren Buffett
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In one way, I'm sympathetic to the institutional reluctance to face the music. I'd give a lot to mark my weight to 'model' rather than to 'market.'
Warren Buffett
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The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.
Warren Buffett
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Does the business have a consistent operating history?
Warren Buffett
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it's a good idea to review past mistakes before committing new ones.
Warren Buffett
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If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well.
Warren Buffett
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Remember that the stock market is manic-depressive.
Warren Buffett
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If you invested in a very low cost index fund - where you don't put the money in at one time, but average in over 10 years -you'll do better than 90% of people who start investing at the same time.
Warren Buffett
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Over the years, Charlie [Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman] and I have observed many accounting-based frauds of staggering size. Few of the perpetrators have been punished many have not even been censured. It has been far safer to steal large sums with pen than small sums with a gun.
Warren Buffett
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It is more important to say no to an opportunity, than to say yes.
Warren Buffett
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Failing conventionally is the route to go as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press
Warren Buffett
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Calculate owner earnings to get a true reflection of value.
Warren Buffett
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I have an 800 freephone number now that I call if I get the urge to buy an airline stock. I call at two in the morning and I say: My name is Warren and I'm an aeroholic. And then they talk me down.
Warren Buffett
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Focus on return on equity, not earnings per share.
Warren Buffett
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The truth is that I've got all my net worth safely in Berkshire and I will never sell a share so there is no one more concerned about what happens after my death than I am.
Warren Buffett
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You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it.
Warren Buffett
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Managers that always promise to 'make the numbers' will at some point be tempted to make up the numbers.
Warren Buffett
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Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style.
Warren Buffett
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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
Warren Buffett
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If you are a professional and have confidence, then I would advocate lots of concentration.
Warren Buffett
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