Warren Buffett Quotes (Author of The Essays of Warren Buffett)
“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”
“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
“Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.”
“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”
“Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful”
“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”
“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing”
“There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?”
“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.”
“You never know who's swimming naked until the tide goes out.”
“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. ”
“No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”
“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”
“I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. ”
“It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever. I prefer buying things. Otherwise, it's a little like saving sex for your old age.”
“I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.”
“Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.”
“Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill. ”
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