Warren Buffett

It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever. I prefer buying things. Otherwise, it's a little like saving sex for your old age. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#investing #age

I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#greed #rich #wall-street #greed

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#inspirational-attitude #attitude

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#priorities #age

Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press ↗

— Warren Buffett

#business

In the long run managements stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieve little of either. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#business #economic #principals #business

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#business #complex #difficult #effective #more

I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#bars #i #i can #jump #look

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#chains #felt #habit #heavy #light

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#discover #goes #naked #only #out