Warren Buffett Quotes
Warren Edward Buffett was born on the 30th of August, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He is an American investor, business tycoon, philanthropist, and the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Warren Buffett is an investment guru and one of the richest and most respected businessmen in the world. He is noted for his adherence to value investing, and his personal frugality despite his immense wealth.
Warren Buffett is a notable philanthropist. He founded The Giving Pledge in 2009 with Bill Gates, whereby billionaires pledge to give away at least half of their fortunes.
Below, you will find a collection of famous Warren Buffet quotes and sayings.
60 Warren Buffett Quotes About Life, Success & Investing
“One can best prepare themselves for the economic future by investing in your own education. If you study hard and learn at a young age, you will be in the best circumstances to secure your future.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Widespread fear is your friend as an investor because it serves up bargain purchases.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Buy a stock the way you would buy a house. Understand and like it such that you’d be content to own it in the absence of any market.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be a more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”― Warren Buffett Quote
Success in investing doesn’t correlate with IQ … what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.― Warren Buffett Quote
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming na*ked.”― Warren Buffett Quote
Predicting rain doesn’t count, building the ark does.― Warren Buffett Quote
“It’s been an ideal period for investors: A climate of fear is their best friend. Those who invest only when commentators are upbeat end up paying a heavy price for meaningless reassurance.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Cash … is to a business as oxygen is to an individual: never thought about when it is present, the only thing in mind when it is absent”― Warren Buffett Quote
Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.― Warren Buffett Quote
“Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“One thing that could help would be to write down the reason you are buying a stock before your purchase. Write down “I am buying Microsoft at $300 billion because…” Force yourself to write this down. It clarifies your mind and discipline.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, Charlie and I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems. What we have learned is to avoid them.”― Warren Buffett Quote
Half of all coin-flippers will win their first toss; none of those winners has an expectation of profit if he continues to play the game.― Warren Buffett Quote
“We believe that a policy of portfolio concentration may well decrease risk if it raises, as it should, both the intensity with which an investor thinks about a business and the comfort-level he must feel with its economic characteristics before buying into it.― Warren Buffett Quote
“I believe in giving my kids enough so they can do anything, but not so much that they can do nothing.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they’re doing.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“There is nothing wrong with a ‘know nothing’ investor who realizes it. The problem is when you are a ‘know nothing’ investor but you think you know something.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Keep things simple and don’t swing for the fences. When promised quick profits, respond with a quick “no.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can’t buy what is popular and do well.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“It’s better to have a partial interest in the Hope diamond than to own all of a rhinestone.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Never invest in a business you cannot understand.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“The one thing I will tell you is the worst investment you can have is cash. Everybody is talking about cash being king and all that sort of thing. Cash is going to become worth less over time. But good businesses are going to become worth more over time.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Too-big-to-fail is not a fallback position at Berkshire. Instead, we will always arrange our affairs so that any requirements for cash we may conceivably have will be dwarfed by our own liquidity.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“The years ahead will occasionally deliver major market declines — even panics — that will affect virtually all stocks. No one can tell you when these traumas will occur.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“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 or against the crowd.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“For the investor, a too-high purchase price for the stock of an excellent company can undo the effects of a subsequent decade of favorable business developments.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute. ” ― Warren Buffett Quote
“Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No.1” ― Warren Buffett Quote
“Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded by a cult of specialization. We have no more giants; only obedient ants.” ― Warren Buffett Quote
“Lose money for the firm, and I will be understanding. Lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don’t have to swing at everything — you can wait for your pitch.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“If returns are going to be 7 or 8 percent and you’re paying 1 percent for fees, that makes an enormous difference in how much money you’re going to have in retirement.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“The best chance to deploy capital is when things are going down.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“We never want to count on the kindness of strangers in order to meet tomorrow’s obligations. When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night’s sleep for the chance of extra profits.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“If you like spending six to eight hours per week working on investments, do it. If you don’t, then dollar-cost average into index funds.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“If you don’t feel comfortable making a rough estimate of the asset’s future earnings, just forget it and move on.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“The most important investment you can make is in yourself.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“Don’t get caught up with what other people are doing. Being a contrarian isn’t the key but being a crowd follower isn’t either. You need to detach yourself emotionally.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“American business — and consequently a basket of stocks — is virtually certain to be worth far more in the years ahead.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you. You are right because your data and reasoning are right.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“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.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“An investor should act as though he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”― Warren Buffett Quote
“We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.”― Warren Buffett Quote