Warren Buffett Quotes
15 quotes
Warren Buffett
Legendary investor known for wisdom on money and life
15 Quotes
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
— Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter 2008
Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.
— Fortune Magazine Interview
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
— Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Letter 2004
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken
— Quoted in 'The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life' by Alice Schroeder
If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
— Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2007
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
— Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Letter 1992
Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.
— Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 1996
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything
— Quoted in 'Warren Buffett: The Wisdom of Success' by Janet Lowe
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked
— Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter 2001
The most important investment you can make is in yourself.
— Forbes Interview
Our favorite holding period is forever
— Berkshire Hathaway Chairman's Letter 1988
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield
— Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter 1985
Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
— Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2006
It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
— Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter 1989
The stock market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.
— Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2014