--- title: "Best John Templeton Quotations" description: "Sir John Marks Templeton was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. Browse 125 John Templeton quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b069/author-john-templeton-3668.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Templeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b069/author-john-templeton-3668.jpg) # John Templeton (1912–2008) Financier **125** quotes in **902** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Templeton was a financier, best known for *Ultimate Soccer Coach Teaching Handbook*. ## Quick Facts About John Templeton Born November 29, 1912 Died July 8, 2008 Profession Financier Notable works Ultimate Soccer Coach Teaching Handbook ## About John Templeton Sir John Marks Templeton was an American-born British investor, banker, fund manager, and philanthropist. In 1954, he entered the mutual fund market and created the Templeton Growth Fund, which averaged growth over 15% per year for 38 years. A pioneer of emerging market investing in the 1960s, Money magazine named him "arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century" in 1999. ## Quotes by John Templeton · Page 4 > [Each of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and pleasure. Every individual is like a thread in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-templeton/each-of-us-has-a-purpose-for-living-beyond-our-own-survival-and/) [John Templeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-templeton/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/john-templeton-3668_beautiful_each-of-us-has-a-purpose-for-living-beyo_942769.png) > [See the investment world as an ocean and buy where you get the most value for your money. Right now the value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-templeton/see-the-investment-world-as-an-ocean-and-buy-where-you-get-the-most/) [John Templeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-templeton/) [Away from you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/away-from-you/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/john-templeton-3668_away-from-you_see-the-investment-world-as-an-ocean-and_2366827.jpg) > [If success were easy, then it would not necessarily be true success. Some of history's most successful people learned to cope with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-templeton/if-success-were-easy-then-it-would-not-necessarily-be-true-success/) [John Templeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-templeton/) [Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/john-templeton-3668_attitude_if-success-were-easy-then-it-would-not-n_1985113.png) > [If you are curious as to what your future may hold, you can look into a mirror. What is reflecting back? Does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-templeton/if-you-are-curious-as-to-what-your-future-may-hold-you-can-look-into/) [John Templeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-templeton/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/john-templeton-3668_adventure_if-you-are-curious-as-to-what-your-futur_2482045.png) > [How about no income tax at all on people over 65? People would continue working, remain healthier, not be an economic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-templeton/how-about-no-income-tax-at-all-on-people-over-65-people-would/) [John Templeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-templeton/) [Activity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/john-templeton-3668_activity_how-about-no-income-tax-at-all-on-people_2162820.jpg) ## John Templeton by topic [Optimistic (35)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimistic/john-templeton/) [Ifs (26)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/john-templeton/) [Investing (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/investing/john-templeton/) [Life (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/john-templeton/) [Customer (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/customer/john-templeton/) [People (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/john-templeton/) [Giving (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giving/john-templeton/) [May (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/john-templeton/) [Religion (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/john-templeton/) [Time (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/john-templeton/) [Thinking (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/john-templeton/) [Helping (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/helping/john-templeton/) [Way (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/john-templeton/) [Spiritual (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spiritual/john-templeton/) [Love (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/john-templeton/) [Inspirational (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/john-templeton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-templeton/#itemlist", "name": "John Templeton Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and pleasure. 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