John Templeton Quotes

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• Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.

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  Optimism, Investing, Bulls

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• To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest reward.

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  Investing, Pay, Rewards

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• If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.

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  Investing, Crowds, Want

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• Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. .

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  Happiness, Happy, Spiritual

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• The four most expensive words in the English language are, 'This time it's different.'

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  Money, Different, Successful Investing

  "The Four Pillars of Investing : Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio". Book by William Bernstein, 2002.

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• The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other finds an excuse.

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  Determination, Achievement, Want

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• Focus on value because most investors focus on outlooks and trends.

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  Focus, Trends, Outlook

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• If you're not grateful, you're not rich - no matter how much you have.

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  Grateful, Matter, Rich

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• I never ask if the market is going to go up or down because I don't know, and besides it doesn't matter. I search nation after nation for stocks, asking: 'Where is the one that is lowest-priced in relation to what I believe it's worth?' Forty years of experience have taught me you can make money without ever knowing which way the market is going.

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  Believe, Years, Knowing

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• Invest at the point of maximum pessimism.

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  Pessimism, Maximum

  "World of Investing : The rewards of a long view" by James K. Glassman, International Herald Tribune, www.nytimes.com. April 24, 2004.

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• It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

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  Inspiring, Thank You, Kindness

  John Templeton (1994). “Discovering Laws Of Life: Tfp”, p.287, Templeton Foundation Press

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• We have a choice. We can live in the past and be miserable and unhappy, or we can pick ourselves up and move ahead in life. When we choose to focus forward, we can find the energy and ability to remove any obstacles that may appear to be hindering our smooth progression. If you take stock of yourself and find you may be spending time frequently reliving unhappy experiences of the past, make the decision to rid yourself of the ties that bind you to a former way of life.

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  Moving, Past, Ties

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• Share prices fluctuate more than share values.

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  Share, Share Price, Values

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• I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.

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  Believe, Optimistic, Becoming

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• Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.

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  Answers, Process, Seeking

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• Everyone has special talents, and it is our duty to find ours and use them well.

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  Special, Use, Talent

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• If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually.

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  Failing, Ethical, Ifs

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• An attitude of gratitude creates blessings.

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  Gratitude, Attitude, Blessing

  John Templeton (1994). “Discovering Laws Of Life: Tfp”, p.35, Templeton Foundation Press

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• Be aware of the words that go into your mind, both conscious and unconscious, because words and ideas can be great tools for your mind to use in coming to appropriate decisions. Remember that a statement spoken in spiritual consciousness can contain great spiritual power. Speaking powerful words of love changes things and outer circumstances as well as consciousness itself.

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  Spiritual, Powerful, Ideas

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• Outperforming the majority of investors requires doing what they are not doing. Buying when others have despaired, and selling when they are full of hope, takes fortitude.

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  Majority, Buying, Fortitude

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• If you buy all the stocks selling at or below two times earnings, you will lose money on half of them because instead of making profits they will actually lose money, but you will only lose a dollar or so a share at most. Then others will be mediocre performers. But the remaining big winners will go up and produce fabulous results and also ensure a good overall result.

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  Optimistic, Two, Dollars

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• It is only by understanding the emotion of others that an investor has a chance to produce superior results.

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  Understanding, Chance, Emotion

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• Sell a stock only when you have found a new stock that is a 50% better bargain than the one that you hold.

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  Found, Bargains, Sells

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• The air we breathe is necessary to keep us alive, but we must continually breathe it out so we can breathe fresh air back into our lungs. God gives us his love, which we can keep in action by breathing it out to others, thus making room in our hearts for a fresh supply of love.

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  God, Heart, Air

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• For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity.

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  Opportunity, Bears, Calamity

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