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title: "6 Extraordinary Quotes By Warren Buffett"
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> [Anything can happen in stock markets and you ought to conduct your affairs so that if the most extraordinary events happen, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/anything-can-happen-in-stock-markets-and-you-ought-to-conduct-your/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/warren-buffett-183_affair_anything-can-happen-in-stock-markets-and_1183199.png)

> [While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/while-the-poor-and-middle-class-fight-for-us-in-afghanistan-and-while/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/warren-buffett-183_afghanistan_while-the-poor-and-middle-class-fight-fo_1313194.png)

> [You don't need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/you-don-t-need-to-have-extraordinary-effort-to-achieve-extraordinary/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/warren-buffett-183_achieve_you-don-t-need-to-have-extraordinary-eff_1339382.png)

> [If you have more than 120 or 130 I.Q. points, you can afford to give the rest away. You don't need extraordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/if-you-have-more-than-120-or-130-i-q-points-you-can-afford-to-give/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

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> [The extraordinary business does not require good management.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/the-extraordinary-business-does-not-require-good-management/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/369/warren-buffett-183_business_the-extraordinary-business-does-not-requ_2742508.png)

> [It's almost impossible to overpay the truly extraordinary CEO... but the species is rare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/it-s-almost-impossible-to-overpay-the-truly-extraordinary-ceo-but-the/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/warren-buffett-183_ceo_it-s-almost-impossible-to-overpay-the-tr_2816372.png)

## Other authors on Extraordinary

## More by Warren Buffett

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/to-invest-successfully-over-a-lifetime-does-not-require-a/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/be-fearful-when-others-are-greedy-and-be-greedy-when-others-are/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/making-money-isn-t-the-backbone-of-our-guiding-purpose-it-is-the-by/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/we-set-no-volume-goals-in-our-insurance-business-generally-and/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/everybody-s-got-a-different-circle-of-competence-the-important-thing/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/it-is-better-to-point-out-your-own-mistakes-than-have-somebody-else/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/i-ve-read-about-all-the-sales-today-if-you-re-an-auto-dealer-you-re/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/i-was-lucky-enough-to-be-born-in-a-time-and-place-where-society/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/the-most-common-cause-of-low-prices-is-pessimism-some-times-pervasive/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/the-reaction-of-weak-management-to-weak-operations-is-often-weak/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/what-you-really-want-to-do-in-investments-is-figure-out-what-s/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/i-don-t-measure-my-life-by-the-money-i-ve-made-other-people-might-but/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/i-mean-the-truth-is-i-ve-never-had-it-so-good-in-terms-of-taxes-i-am/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/the-most-important-quality-for-an-investor-is-temperament-not/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

> [Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/investors-of-course-can-by-their-own-behavior-make-stock-ownership/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

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