--- title: "Best Life Quotes by Warren Buffett" description: "58 Life quotes by Warren Buffett. Plus more from Warren Buffett and more Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/warren-buffett-183_age_i-made-my-first-investment-at-age-eleven_356327.png" --- > [I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/i-made-my-first-investment-at-age-eleven-i-was-wasting-my-life-up/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/warren-buffett-183_age_i-made-my-first-investment-at-age-eleven_356327.png) > [Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/someone-is-sitting-in-the-shade-today-because-someone-planted-a-tree/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/291/warren-buffett-183_flower_someone-is-sitting-in-the-shade-today-be_624879.png) > [Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending-but-spend-what-is-left-after/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/warren-buffett-183_buffets_do-not-save-what-is-left-after-spending_172892.png) > [Learning how to live is much more important than learning how to make a living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/learning-how-to-live-is-much-more-important-than-learning-how-to-make/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/warren-buffett-183_education_learning-how-to-live-is-much-more-import_843027.png) > [I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/i-think-you-are-out-of-your-mind-if-you-keep-taking-jobs-that-you-don/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/warren-buffett-183_age_i-think-you-are-out-of-your-mind-if-you_1958732.png) > [I would say that life at 84, I am having as much fun as I've ever had in my life. I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/i-would-say-that-life-at-84-i-am-having-as-much-fun-as-i-ve-ever-had/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/warren-buffett-183_every-day_i-would-say-that-life-at-84-i-am-having_178378.png) > [It's just that I landed up in a terrific capitalist system. One that pays people who allocate capital extraordinarily well. Intrinsically, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/it-s-just-that-i-landed-up-in-a-terrific-capitalist-system-one-that/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/warren-buffett-183_capitalist_it-s-just-that-i-landed-up-in-a-terrific_1933319.jpg) > [When you get to my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/when-you-get-to-my-age-you-ll-measure-your-success-in-life-by-how/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/warren-buffett-183_age_when-you-get-to-my-age-you-ll-measure-yo_1513422.png) > [I believe the chance of any event causing Berkshire to experience financial problems is essentially zero. We will always be prepared for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/i-believe-the-chance-of-any-event-causing-berkshire-to-experience/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/warren-buffett-183_be-prepared_i-believe-the-chance-of-any-event-causin_1990842.jpg) > [The market system rewards me outlandishly for what I do, but that doesn't mean I'm any more deserving of a good life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/the-market-system-rewards-me-outlandishly-for-what-i-do-but-that/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/warren-buffett-183_afghanistan_the-market-system-rewards-me-outlandishl_1171750.png) > [You have to be able to communicate in life and probably schools underemphasize that. If you can't talk to people or write,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/you-have-to-be-able-to-communicate-in-life-and-probably-schools/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/warren-buffett-183_able_you-have-to-be-able-to-communicate-in-li_3166201.png) > [They say the chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. The chains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/they-say-the-chains-of-habit-are-too-light-to-be-felt-until-they-are/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/warren-buffett-183_broken_they-say-the-chains-of-habit-are-too-lig_2986434.jpg) > [Most business mistakes are irreversible setbacks, but you get another chance. There are two things in life that you don't get another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/most-business-mistakes-are-irreversible-setbacks-but-you-get-another/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/warren-buffett-183_another-chance_most-business-mistakes-are-irreversible_2197940.jpg) > [Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing so wide diversification is only required when investors are ignorant. You only have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/risk-comes-from-not-knowing-what-you-are-doing-so-wide/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/warren-buffett-183_buffets_risk-comes-from-not-knowing-what-you-are_290259.png) > [Never do anything in life if you would be ashamed of seeing it printed on the front page of your hometown newspaper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/never-do-anything-in-life-if-you-would-be-ashamed-of-seeing-it/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/warren-buffett-183_anything-in-life_never-do-anything-in-life-if-you-would-b_2789343.png) > [The truth is, everything that has happened in my life... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/the-truth-is-everything-that-has-happened-in-my-life-that-i-thought/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/warren-buffett-183_crush_the-truth-is-everything-that-has-happene_2697336.png) > [I find that the standard of living does not go up in proportion with the cost of living. The trick in life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/i-find-that-the-standard-of-living-does-not-go-up-in-proportion-with/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/warren-buffett-183_cost_i-find-that-the-standard-of-living-does_898975.png) > [You really don't need leverage in this world much. If you're smart, you're going to make a lot of money without borrowing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/you-really-don-t-need-leverage-in-this-world-much-if-you-re-smart-you/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/warren-buffett-183_amount_you-really-don-t-need-leverage-in-this-w_735211.png) ## Other authors on Life - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 2,086 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 1,901 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 1,045 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 893 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 659 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/frederick-lenz/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 630 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 621 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-maraboli-87325.jpg) Steve Maraboli 550 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/steve-maraboli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-melchor-lim-61.jpg) Melchor Lim 538 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/melchor-lim/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 452 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 432 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 430 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/warren-buffett/#itemlist", "name": "Best Life Quotes by Warren Buffett", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I made my first investment at age eleven. 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