Successful Quotes by Warren Buffett

10 Successful quotes by Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett’s voice on success comes through in ten pithy remarks, each echoing his long‑standing perspective. This small collection offers a quick, reliable glimpse into his thinking.

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Very successful people say no to almost everything.

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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

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To be successful, you should concentrate on the world of companies, not arcane accounting mathematics.

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Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't…

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I tell college students, when you get to be my age you will be successful if the people who you hope to…

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The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

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When asked how he became so successful in investing, Buffett answered: 'we read hundreds and hundreds of annual reports every year.

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I'm just lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. Another place, another time, I wouldn't have been…

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Our marketable equities tell us by their operating results - not by their daily, or even yearly, price quotations - whether our…

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After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, Charlie [Munger] and I have not learned how to solve…

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The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting.

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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.

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I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.

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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…

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The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the…

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