Markets Quotes
Markets Quotes
A carefully curated collection of markets quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.
"In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"Avarice over-reaches itself, or perhaps engenders some new vice. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity of a man. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"The secret of education lies in respecting the student. This simple truth drives human enterprise."
-- Adam Smith"Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy."
-- 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"I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over."
-- Warren Buffett"Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing."
-- 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"People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most."
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A carefully curated collection of markets quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.
Some of the most celebrated markets quotes come from Warren Buffett, Adam Smith, among many others featured on this page.
Popular markets quotes include: "Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." -- Warren Buffett Also: "Games are won by players who focus on the playing field – not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard." -- Warren Buffett.
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