Investment Success Quotes

• Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Success, Money

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

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Life, Honesty

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• An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Encouraging, Education, Money

  Jack Vincent, Benjamin Franklin (2010). “Benjamin Franklin's the Way to Wealth”, p.91, The Way to Wealth

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• 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

  Funny, Money, Business

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• In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Insperational, Mirrors

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• Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett". Book by Andrew Kilpatrick, 1994.

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• It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, War, Investing Money

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.150, John Wiley & Sons

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• The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Success, Differences

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• 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

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Richard J. Connors, Warren Buffett (2010). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.5, John Wiley & Sons

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• 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

  Life, Motivational, Success

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The best investment you can make is in yourself.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Entrepreneur, Invest In Yourself

  "Warren Buffett's 'Secret Millionaire's Club' Live Interview on Squawk Box". Interview with Becky Quick, www.cnbc.com. July 24, 2009.

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• Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

  Warren Buffett

  Success, Business, Intelligent

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• Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Business, War

  "The Three Essential Warren Buffett Quotes To Live By" by James Berman, www.forbes.com. April 20, 2014.

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• In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Successful, People

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• Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Leadership, Money, Business

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.251, Printed for H. Colborn

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• Very successful people say no to almost everything.

  Warren Buffett

  Successful, People, Buffets

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• Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Investing Money, Productive Work

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.118, John Wiley & Sons

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• In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.

  Benjamin Graham

  Running, Business, Intelligent

  Benjamin Graham (1965). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”, p.179, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

  Warren Buffett

  Easter, Eggs, Bunnies

  Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffett (2013). “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Third Edition)”, p.13, Carolina Academic Press

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• Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies.

  Warren Buffett

  Investing Money, Enemy, Buffets

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, www.berkshirehathaway.com. 2004.

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• Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Easter, Chocolate Eggs, Boiled Eggs

  "Moral essays on proverbs". Book by Samuel Palmer, 1710.

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• ... not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Names, Greed

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• You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Games, Investing Money

  "Warren Buffett Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Investor". Book by Janet Lowe, 1997.

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• I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Business, War

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• Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

  Warren Buffett

  Funny, Success, Money

  "Rules That Warren Buffett Lives By". Yahoo Finance, February 23, 2010.

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