We do some things for family reasons. If it's not consistent, well, life isn't always consistent. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I would always advise young people to follow their star - not my star. They have to live their own life. If… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I think it's fairly easy to provide a moral defense of capitalism. It has been - over the last 200 years -… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The reality of life is, if you have a bagel shop and everybody is pouring into the doughnut shop across the street,… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I tend to give to those who have helped me along the road of life: Blair Academy, Princeton University, our church, and… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The rewards of my life have been great. I built a company; I left things better than I found them. I have… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
There's no perfection in family life, and certainly we aren't perfect, but we're probably about as close as we can be. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The best rule for philanthropy is to give until it hurts, as much as you can, because none of us can get… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
“As I have earlier noted, the most important things in life and in business can’t be measured. The trite bromide 'If you… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The basic idea of retirement income is, to me, to get a check, two checks every month, one from your fixed income and one… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
When you're young, you've got plenty of time to recover from your mistakes. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I almost hate to say how proud I am of my career and, most of all, helping folks get the returns they deserve. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
The Vanguard Experiment was designed to prove that mutual funds could operate independently, and do so in a manner that would directly benefit their… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Learning is to the Studious, and Riches to the Careful. If a man empties his… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I liked the so-called Volcker Rule. I would have separated investment banking and commercial, deposit banking, as we did under the Glass-Steagal Act. I… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
We make too much out of past performance, and it's very misleading to investors. It causes them to move money around. They buy a… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
It's very difficult for any particular segment of the stock market to sustain superior performance. The watch word for our financial markets is, "reversion… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I do think that impact investing is not that effective. Shares go from investor A to investor B, and the company doesn't even know… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
I was born in an earlier generation and, as a group, my classmates at Blair Academy and Princeton University were as ethical, straightforward, and… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
