August 30 Quotes

259 quotes in this collection

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

-- Warren Buffett

"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

"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

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."

-- Warren Buffett

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."

-- Warren Buffett

"If book knowledge made great investors, then the librarians would all be rich."

-- Warren Buffett

"If book knowledge made great investors, then the librarians would all be rich."

-- Warren Buffett

"If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians."

-- Warren Buffett

"If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians."

-- Warren Buffett

"Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill."

-- Warren Buffett

"Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill."

-- Warren Buffett

"The best investment you can make is in yourself."

-- Warren Buffett

"The best investment you can make is in yourself."

-- Warren Buffett

"What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end."

-- Warren Buffett

"What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end."

-- Warren Buffett

"Keep all your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket closely."

-- Warren Buffett

"Keep all your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket closely."

-- Warren Buffett

"In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love."

-- Warren Buffett

"In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love."

-- Warren Buffett

"Never ask a barber if you need a haircut."

-- Warren Buffett

"Never ask a barber if you need a haircut."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you aren't thinking about owning a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you aren't thinking about owning a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need."

-- Warren Buffett

"Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy."

-- Warren Buffett

"Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy."

-- Warren Buffett

"I am not a businessman, I am an artist."

-- Warren Buffett

"I am not a businessman, I am an artist."

-- Warren Buffett

"I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire."

-- Warren Buffett

"I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire."

-- Warren Buffett

"Don't pass up something that's attractive today because you think you will find something way more attractive tomorrow."

-- Warren Buffett

"Don't pass up something that's attractive today because you think you will find something way more attractive tomorrow."

-- Warren Buffett

"We all make mistakes. If you can't make mistakes, you can't make decisions."

-- Warren Buffett

"We all make mistakes. If you can't make mistakes, you can't make decisions."

-- Warren Buffett

"What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history."

-- Warren Buffett

"What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history."

-- 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

"An investor should act as though he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it."

-- Warren Buffett

"An investor should act as though he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it."

-- Warren Buffett

"We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful."

-- Warren Buffett

"We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful."

-- Warren Buffett

"A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought."

-- Warren Buffett

"A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought."

-- Warren Buffett

"You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells."

-- Warren Buffett

"You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells."

-- Warren Buffett