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Own Quotes by Warren Buffett
- If you are not willing to own a stock for 10 years, do not even think about owning it for 10 minutes.
- Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far.
- The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.
- If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes. Put together a portfolio of…
- If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes.
- We will only do with your money what we would do with our own.
- You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress.
- The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose…
- What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow. During the past decade that belief has proved correct.…
- What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow ... As 'bandwagon' investors join any party, they create…
- The time to buy stocks is consistently over time. You should never buy your investments with the idea, 'I have to get a certain return.'…
- The greatest investment a young person can make is in their own education, in their own mind. Because money comes and goes. Relationships come and…
- Generally speaking, investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. Anything that improves your own talents; nobody can tax it or take it…
- Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking operation in which we increased…
- We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a conduit through which…
- Wild swings in share prices have more to do with the "lemming- like" behaviour of institutional investors than with the aggregate returns of the company…
- Most investors, both institutional and individual, will find that the best way to own common stocks (shares') is through an index fund that charges minimal…
- The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of…
- The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be
- I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out to be. The…
- Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.
- When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.
- I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov