August 30 Quotes

259 quotes in this collection

"I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over."

-- Warren Buffett

"Success in investing doesn't correlate with I.Q. What you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble."

-- Warren Buffett

"Success in investing doesn't correlate with I.Q. What you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble."

-- Warren Buffett

"Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless."

-- Warren Buffett

"Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless."

-- Warren Buffett

"It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price."

-- Warren Buffett

"It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price."

-- Warren Buffett

"Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future."

-- Warren Buffett

"Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future."

-- Warren Buffett

"The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective."

-- Warren Buffett

"The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective."

-- Warren Buffett

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas."

-- Warren Buffett

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas."

-- Warren Buffett

"Investing is simple, but not easy."

-- Warren Buffett

"Investing is simple, but not easy."

-- Warren Buffett

"The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging."

-- Warren Buffett

"The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging."

-- Warren Buffett

"I measure success by how many people love me."

-- Warren Buffett

"I measure success by how many people love me."

-- Warren Buffett

"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."

-- Warren Buffett

"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."

-- Warren Buffett

"Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction."

-- Warren Buffett

"Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy."

-- Warren Buffett

"The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes."

-- Warren Buffett

"The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes."

-- Warren Buffett

"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute."

-- Warren Buffett

"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute."

-- Warren Buffett

"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."

-- Warren Buffett

"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."

-- Warren Buffett

"You can't make a good deal with a bad person."

-- Warren Buffett

"You can't make a good deal with a bad person."

-- Warren Buffett

"Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre."

-- Warren Buffett

"Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre."

-- Warren Buffett

"Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Yogi Berra said, 'A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

-- Warren Buffett

"Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Yogi Berra said, 'A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

-- Warren Buffett

"Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing."

-- Warren Buffett

"Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing."

-- Warren Buffett

"It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results."

-- Warren Buffett

"It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results."

-- Warren Buffett

"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."

-- Warren Buffett

"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."

-- Warren Buffett

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."

-- Warren Buffett

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."

-- Warren Buffett

"Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does."

-- Warren Buffett

"Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does."

-- Warren Buffett