If (investing) weren't a little difficult, everybody would be rich. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I feel that by getting rich in the way I did, I think my own example has hurt my own country. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Why should it be easy to do something that, if done well, two or three times, will make your family rich for… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
You don't have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich - just a bit better than average over a long period… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
If all you succeed in doing in life is getting rich by buying little pieces of paper, it's a failed life. Life… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
We get these questions a lot from the enterprising young. It's a very intelligent question: You look at some old guy who's… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The quality of the medical care delivered, including the pharmaceutical industry, has improved a lot. I don't think it's crazy for a… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
We've had the most massive creation of wealth for people a lot younger than those who formerly got wealth in the history… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I think you'll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad. Even though there are some people who do… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Here's one truth that perhaps your typical investment counselor would disagree with: if you're comfortably rich and someone else is getting richer… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I regard the amount of brainpower going into money management as a national scandal. When some idiot would get rich, they'd say,… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Chris Davis [of the Davisfunds] has a temple of shame. He celebrates the things they did that lost them a lot of… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I don't have too much interest in teaching other people how to get rich. And that isn't because I fear the competition… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
We get these questions a lot from the enterprising young. It's a very intelligent question: You look at some old guy who's… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Almost all good businesses engage in 'pain today, gain tomorrow' activities. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
If you want good behavior, don't pay on a commission basis. Our judges aren't paid so much a case. We keep them pretty well… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I think time and time again, in reality, psychological notions and economic notions interplay, and the man who doesn't understand both is a damned… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I have what I call an iron prescription that helps me keep sane when I naturally drift toward preferring one ideology over another and… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The tax code gives you an enormous advantage if you can find some things you can just sit with. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The great lesson in microeconomics is to discriminate between when technology is going to help you and when it's going to kill you. And… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Some years ago one oil company bought a fertilizer company, and every other major oil company practically ran out and bought a fertilizer company.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
They [Mc Donalds] take people and give them a first job, which enables them to get a second job. They do a very good… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
We believe that almost all really good investment records will involve relatively little diversification. The basic idea that it was hard to find good… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
It is way less certain to be a wonderful business in the future. The threat is alternative mediums of information. Every newspaper is scrambling… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
![“Chris Davis [of the Davisfunds] has a temple of shame. He celebrates the things they did that lost them a lot of money. What is also needed is a temple of shame squared for things you didn't do that would have made you rich. Forgetting your mistakes is a terrible error if you are trying to improve…” quote by Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5af/charlie-munger-458_categories_chris-davis-of-the-davisfunds-has-a-temp_1992003.jpg)
![“They [Mc Donalds] take people and give them a first job, which enables them to get a second job. They do a very good job of educating troubled young people to be good citizens and they're probably more successful than charter schools.” quote by Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a55/charlie-munger-458_be-good_they-mc-donalds-take-people-and-give-the_41809.jpg)
![“It is way less certain to be a wonderful business in the future. The threat is alternative mediums of information. Every newspaper is scrambling to parlay their existing advantage into dominance on the Internet. But it is way less sure [that this will occur] than the certainty 20 years ago that…” quote by Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8d0/charlie-munger-458_advantage_it-is-way-less-certain-to-be-a-wonderful_59627.jpg)