Warren Buffett Quotes About Generosity

Quotes about: Generosity

• Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Life, Honesty

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

  Warren Buffett

  Life, War, Generosity

  "7 insightful investing quotes from Warren Buffett", vintagevalueinvesting.com. September 28, 2017.

• There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Nature, War

  "The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville". Essay by Warren Buffett published in Hermes, the Columbia Business School Magazine (1984), later quoted in "31 years ago, Warren Buffett revealed the secret to investing and correctly predicted nobody would listen" by Myles Udland, www.businessinsider.com. August 24, 2015.

• I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Thinking, Generosity

• Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Long, Generosity

  "My Philanthropic Pledge" at the The Giving Pledge, 2010.

• I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Jobs, Sex

  Buffett Lecture at the University of Florida School of Business, tilsonfunds.com. October 15, 1998.

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

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Generosity, Buffets

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

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Time, Money

• It's much easier to stay out of trouble now than to get out of trouble later.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Generosity, Trouble

• When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Sleep, Night

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, 2008.

• Money will not change how healthy you are or how many people love you.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Love You, People

• We intend to continue our practice of working only with people whom we like and admire. This policy not only maximizes our chances for good results, it also ensures us an extraordinarily good time.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Practice, People

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.38, John Wiley & Sons

• The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Generosity, Tricks

• Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Generosity, Risk

• Never lie under any circumstances.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Lying, Generosity

• If principles can become dated, they're not principles.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Generosity, Principles

• You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Generosity, Crowds

• Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Generosity, Behavior

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