I've often felt there might be more to be gained by studying business failures than business successes. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I'm just lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. Another place, another time, I wouldn't have been… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Possessing a powerful worldwide brand is essential for sustained success. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say “no” to almost everything.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I tell college students, when you get to be my age you will be successful if the people who you hope to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You don't need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When you get to my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Our marketable equities tell us by their operating results - not by their daily, or even yearly, price quotations - whether our… — 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
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The speed at which a business success is recognized, furthermore, is not that important as long as the company's intrinsic value is… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Focus alone is not enough; putting in the time to commit is also crucial to achieve success. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Focus on your customers and lead your people as though their lives depend on your success. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I measure success by how many people love me. And the best way to be loved is to be lo veable. — 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 Image
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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 Image
I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image