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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Share prices fluctuate more than share values.

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  Share, Share Price, Values

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

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  Answers, Process, Seeking

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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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• You must be a fundamentalist to be really successful in the market.

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  Successful, Fundamentalist

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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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• Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.

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  Too Much, Thrifty

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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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• There will always be bull markets followed by bear markets followed by bull markets

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  Bulls, Bears, Bull Markets

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• [The main focus in my life now is] to open people's minds so no one will be so conceited that they think they have the total truth. They should be eager to learn, to listen, to research and not to confine, to hurt, to kill, those who disagree with them.

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  Hurt, Learning, Optimistic

  "Remembering Sir John Templeton" by Jessi Hempel, archive.fortune.com. November 28, 2008.

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• When we have no goal, or when our vision of the goal is obscured, we may lose our sense of purpose. Even when we've prepared ourselves well and have an aptitude for a given activity, poorly directed efforts can rob us of vital energy. We can spend a great deal of our time, money, and other resources running around in circles. Unless we create specific goals that match our purpose in life and unless we keep a clear vision of these goals, we may eventually falter and fail.

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  Running, Circles, Goal

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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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