Buying Quote by John Paulson

Many investors make the mistake of buying high and selling low while the exact opposite is the right strategy to outperform over the long…

— John Paulson

The trick of successful investors is to sell when they want to, not when they have to.

— Seth Klarman

Forget the adage buy low and sell high.

— William O'Neil

Outperforming the majority of investors requires doing what they are not doing. Buying when others have despaired, and selling when they are full of…

— John Templeton

Good investing is a peculiar balance between the conviction to follow your ideas and the flexibility to recognize when you have made a mistake.

— Michael Steinhardt

An investor needs to do very few things right as long as he or she avoids big mistakes.

— Warren Buffett

My best advice to individual investors can readily be summed up into two closely linked precepts. Be patient and don't be greedy.

— Peter Cundall

Investors repeatedly jump ship on a good strategy just because it hasn't worked so well lately, and, almost invariably, abandon it at precisely the…

— David Dreman

Regardless of what happens in the markets, stick to your investment program. Changing your strategy at the wrong time can be the single most…

— John C. Bogle

Buy cheap and sell high is a rule of business, and when you control enough money and enough banks you can always manage that…

— Ida Tarbell

If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be wrong. And…

— Barry Ritholtz

Investors should invest on what they know. The biggest mistake is to invest on what they don't know.

— Mohamed El-Erian