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A carefully curated collection of wisdom 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.

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

-- 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

"You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant."

-- 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

"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

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

-- Warren Buffett

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas."

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- 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

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

"You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong."

-- Warren Buffett

"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

"If you are in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%."

-- Warren Buffett

"Never test the depth of the river with both feet."

-- Warren Buffett

"The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient."

-- Warren Buffett

"Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people."

-- Warren Buffett

"It’s better to hang out with people better than you."

-- Warren Buffett

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A carefully curated collection of wisdom 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 wisdom quotes come from Krishna, among many others featured on this page.

Popular wisdom quotes include: "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion." -- Krishna Also: "You came empty handed, and you will leave empty handed." -- Krishna.

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