Warren Buffett

"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."

- 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

"The greatest investment you can make is in yourself."

- 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

"Without passion, you don’t have energy. Without energy, you have nothing."

- Warren Buffett

"Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving."

- Warren Buffett

"Whether socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down."

- Warren Buffett

"Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years."

- Warren Buffett

"If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die."

- Warren Buffett

"I get to do what I like to do every single day of the year."

- Warren Buffett

"The biggest thing about making money is time. You don't have to be particularly smart, you just have to be patient."

- Warren Buffett

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

- Warren Buffett

"A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials."

- Warren Buffett

"Surround yourself with people that push you to do and be better. No drama or negativity. Just higher goals and higher motivation. Good times and positive energy. No jealousy or hate. Simply bringing out the absolute best in each other."

- 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

"Having first rate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom."

- 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

"I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars – I look for 1-foot bars that I can step over."

- Warren Buffett

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

- Warren Buffett

"Accounting is the language of business."

- Warren Buffett

"The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything."

- Warren Buffett

"It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results."

- Warren Buffett

"Our favorite holding period is forever."

- Warren Buffett

"Price is what you pay, value is what you get."

- Warren Buffett

"It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride."

- Warren Buffett

"It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes."

- Warren Buffett

"Focus on your customers and lead your people as though their lives depend on your success."

- Warren Buffett

"Don’t pass up something that’s attractive today because you think you will find something better tomorrow."

- Warren Buffett

"Predicting rain doesn’t count. Building arks does."

- 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

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

- Warren Buffett

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

- Warren Buffett

"I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars — I look for 1-foot bars that I can step over."

- Warren Buffett

""Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving.""

- 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

"The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything."

- Warren Buffett

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

- Warren Buffett

"Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre."

- Warren Buffett

"The more you learn, the more you earn."

- Warren Buffett

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

- Warren Buffett

"You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong."

- Warren Buffett

"Rule No. 1 is never lose money. Rule No. 2 is never forget Rule No. 1."

- Warren Buffett

"Price is what you pay; value is what you get."

- Warren Buffett

"The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient."

- Warren Buffett

"Never depend on single income. Make investments to create a second source"

- Warren Buffett

""Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shuts down for 10 years.""

- Warren Buffett

"Do not save what is left after spending; instead, spend what is left after saving."

- Warren Buffett

"The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect… You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd."

- Warren Buffett

"Real estate is a long-term game. Don't try to get rich quick. Instead, focus on buying properties that will generate income and appreciate over time."

- Warren Buffett

"Wall Street makes its money on activity. You make your money on inactivity."

- Warren Buffett

"Everyone knows at least one ‘know-it-all’. If you want to invest well, don’t be a know-it-all."

- Warren Buffett

"Rule no. 1: Never lose money. Rule no. 2: Never forget rule no. 1."

- 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

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

- Warren Buffett

"The best investment you can make is in yourself."

- Warren Buffett

"The most important investment you can make is in yourself."

- Warren Buffett

"“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”"

- Warren Buffett

""The most important investment you can make is in yourself.""

- Warren Buffett

"Investing in yourself is the best investment you can ever make. It will pay the best interest."

- Warren Buffett

"Your most important investment is in yourself."

- Warren Buffett

"The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for many people ... The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be."

- Warren Buffett

"The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient."

- Warren Buffett

"I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for ten years."

- Warren Buffett

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

- Warren Buffett

"Keep things simple, avoid overcomplicating decisions."

- Warren Buffett

"Customers may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel."

- Warren Buffett

"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

"Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving."

- Warren Buffett

"In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."

- Warren Buffett

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

- Warren Buffett

"Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing."

- Warren Buffett

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

- Warren Buffett