Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
An investor will succeed by coupling good business judgment with an ability to insulate his thoughts and behavior from the super-contagious emotions… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Our stay-put behavior reflects our view that the stock market serves as a relocation center at which money is moved from the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long-term fixed rate basis. We will… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
For example: (1) As if governed by Newton's First Law of Motion, an institution will resist any change in its current direction;… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The value of market esoterica to the consumer of investment advice is a different story. In my opinion, investment success will not… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
We set no volume goals in our insurance business generally-and certainly not in reinsurance-as virtually any volume can be achieved if profitability standards are… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I've read about all the sales today. If you're an auto dealer, you're feeling it. If you're a furniture retailer like we are, you're… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
What you really want to do in investments is figure out what's important and knowable. If it's unimportant or unknowable you forget about it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I mean the truth is, I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate that I've… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
