21 Warren Buffett Quotes

Warren Buffett is a legendary and highly successful business magnate, super-investor and philanthropist. He has been acclaimed globally and has received various awards for his contribution to the finance industry. In 2010 he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama which is the highest award conferred to a civilian by the United States President. His overwhelming skills in the stock market have been a source of guidance to many young as well as experienced brokers.

Below are some of the smart quotes by Warren Buffett which will give you an insight into his illustrious financial journey.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Warren Buffett
Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don’t expect it from cheap people.
Warren Buffett
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
Warren Buffett

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful
Warren Buffett
I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.
Warren Buffett
Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.
Warren Buffett
If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.
Warren Buffett

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

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.
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
Rule No. 1 : Never lose money. Rule No. 2 : Never forget Rule No. 1.
Warren Buffett
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.
Warren Buffett
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
Warren Buffett

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing
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
You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out.
Warren Buffett
Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
Warren Buffett
I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.
Warren Buffett

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.
Warren Buffett
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
Warren Buffett
I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for re-election.
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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
Warren Buffett