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You must be a fundamentalist to be really successful in the market.

John Templeton

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John Templeton
Age: 95 †
Born: 1912
Born: November 29
Died: 2008
Died: July 8
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Investor
Merchant
Winchester
Tennessee
John Marks Templeton
Sir John Marks Templeton
Fundamentalist
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Successful
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Be very careful. Giving because we think we will get something back will not work. You must be 100 percent willing to give and never experience any return, or it will not work.
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The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.
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If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually.
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Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.
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If you're not grateful, you're not rich - no matter how much you have.
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The person who is willing to say yes to experience is the person who discovers new frontiers.
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Politicians who are willing to spend too much are the ones who get reelected.
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I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
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Usually God favours the people who try to do good. So, when you find that the crowd is desperately trying to sell, help them and buy. When you find that the crowd is overenthusiastically trying to buy, help them and sell. It usually works out.
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The opposite of humility is arrogance--the belief that we are wiser or better than others. Arrogance promotes separation rather than community. It looms like a brick wall between us and those from whom we could learn.
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[The main focus in my life now is] to open people's minds so no one will be so conceited that they think they have the total truth. They should be eager to learn, to listen, to research and not to confine, to hurt, to kill, those who disagree with them.
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It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
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Each of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and pleasure. Every individual is like a thread in a beautiful tapestry with a vital contribution to make, not only to the sustenance of life as we know it, but in the creation and development of more beneficial expressions of life.
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Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.
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If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.
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I never ask if the market is going to go up or down because I don't know, and besides it doesn't matter. I search nation after nation for stocks, asking: 'Where is the one that is lowest-priced in relation to what I believe it's worth?' Forty years of experience have taught me you can make money without ever knowing which way the market is going.
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Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about.
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