The 90 best phrases (and reflections) of Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is one of the most prominent figures in the business world., as he has managed to conquer the top with his shrewd value investing steps. Which led him to become the CEO, Chairman and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, as well as being among the richest men in the world.

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Best Warren Buffett Quotes

Next we bring a compilation with the most interesting quotes from Warren Buffet about investments and life in general.

1. The greatest wisdom that I achieved in my life was given to me by my father and my grandfather, and that is the only secret of my success.

The education we receive at home is essential for life.

2. You don't have to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.

We tend to focus on the big things, not knowing that greatness lies in the small.

3. The key is to have more information than the other person. Then analyze it correctly and use it reasonably.

The main thing in this business is to learn and use that knowledge.

4. Generalized fear is your friend as an investor because it helps you buy at a bargain price.

The fear of others is your success, if you know how to channel it.

5. The best thing that happens to us is when a large company has temporary problems... We want to buy them when they are on the operating table.

You have to take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves.

6. Most people are interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to care is when no one else does.

We must not follow patterns, on the contrary, find our own path.

7. The price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Every achievement has its value.

8. Opportunities happen infrequently. When it rains gold, turn off the bucket, not the thimble.

All true opportunities are not seen daily, you have to look for them and take advantage of them.

9. It is much better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

You have to focus on buying only what is really worth it.

10. If you have the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you have a very good business.

It is important to take the competition into account in order to establish strategies.

11. When I buy a stock, I don't care if they go public tomorrow for a couple of years, because I'm hoping that the business, Coca-Cola or whatever, will give me returns in the future.

When investing, it must be taken into account that the business is productive.

12. American magic has always prevailed, and it will do so again.

It refers to the importance of the American nation for doing business.

13. You have to understand accounting. You must do it. It has to become a language for you.

Accounting is a fundamental part of life, because everything is based on numbers and calculations.

14. If you lose company money, I'll be understanding; but if you lose an iota of company reputation, I'll be ruthless.

Never do anything that will compromise the reputation of others.

15. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Be selective, that is the key to success.

16. Do I want to be rich? Invest in yourself.

There is no better investment than in yourself.

17. Great fortunes are not made with a portfolio of 50 shares.

If you dream big you have to work twice as hard.

18. The market helps those who know what they are doing, but does not forgive those who do not.

It is essential to know what you do in order to be successful.

19. With a million dollars and enough "tips" you can go broke in a year.

Defeat occurs because we do not focus on the goal and not on the process.

20. I'm a better investor because I'm a businessman, and I'm a better businessman because I'm not an investor.

The important thing is to know very well where the money is going to be invested.

21. Time is the friend of good business and the enemy of mediocre ones.

Waiting and not losing your cool is what is required in the business world.

22. Investors should remember that nerves and expense are your enemies.

To invest you have to know the subject and avoid wasting money.

23. You can't make a good deal with a bad person.

Avoid surrounding yourself with wicked and liars.

24. In reality, uncertainty is an ally of those who buy shares in the long term.

Insecurities, hesitations, hesitations and uncertainties are bad advisers.

25. About every decade, the economic skies fill with dark clouds and it briefly rains gold.

Not all the time things will go well, there are times of difficulties.

26. Buy a stock the same way you would buy a house.

When you buy something, do it correctly and not just for the sake of it.

27. Our investing attitude fits our personality and the way we want to live our lives.

We all have a personality that is our hallmark and cover letter.

28. It is too difficult to make hundreds of good decisions in a lifetime.

Bad decisions are part of life since we cannot escape from them.

29. It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation and only 5 minutes to destroy it.

You can lose anything except your good reputation.

30. I have learned that it is worth surrounding yourself with people who are better than you; because you will float a little more and ascend.

Surround yourself with people smarter than you, because you will always have a lot to learn.

31. Avoid unnecessary debts

If you need money for a project and it supports you with a loan, take a good look at the interest before accepting, remember that debts create problems in the future.

32. The most important thing to do when you're in a hole is to stop digging.

When you find yourself in a difficult situation, just keep calm and wait.

33. The market helps those who know what they are doing but does not forgive those who do not know.

If you want to undertake something, just make sure you know the subject well.

34. If you had to choose one car that would last your whole life, which car would you choose?

Choosing wisely is something very difficult to achieve.

35. You only have one mind and one body and it has to last you a lifetime.

Take care of your body and mind as they are your most precious assets.

36. Only buy something that you would love to have if the market closed for 10 years.

Not buying for fashion or custom is important if you want to have a good quality of life.

37. You do things when opportunities arise.

Good opportunities should not be missed.

38. It is what you do now, what you do today that determines how your mind and body will function 10, 20, and 30 years from now.

If you care about tomorrow, start working today.

39. I always knew I would be rich. I don't think I doubted it for a minute.

Believing in dreams and carrying them out is a fundamental part of success.

40. Keep things simple and don't jump for the fences. When they promise you quick wins, answer with a quick "no."

Quick and easy things don't last.

41. An investor should act as if he has a lifetime decision card with only twenty hits.

Knowing how to invest is something that must be learned.

42. If we find more than one great deal a year, we're probably kidding ourselves.

Not all businesses are successful, you have to know how to look for them.

43. The stock market is like a batting game. You don't have to hit everything and you have to wait your turn.

To invest in the stock market you have to be prudent and patient.

44. What we do is nothing supernatural.

Knowing how to invest is nothing special, you just have to prepare properly.

45. A good deal is not always a good buy, but it is a good place to look for it.

Every business has its pros and cons.

46. Money doesn't change how healthy you are or how many people will love you.

There are things that money cannot change.

47. No matter the talent or efforts, there are things that take time.

Achievements have their time.

48. Why are we so successful at investing? We read hundreds and hundreds of annual reports every year.

Reading makes a difference as it makes us wiser.

49. If past history were all it takes to play the money game, the richest people would be librarians.

Every day there are better ways to invest money.

50. Don't take annual results too seriously. Instead, focus on four or five year averages.

Investments in the medium and long term are the ones that are worth it.

51. I have all the things I want. I have many friends who have many more things. But in some cases, I feel like their possessions own them, and not the other way around.

Money can be a double-edged sword.

52. Do not look back. You can only live forward.

Leave the past behind, just move on.

53. The best way to think about investing is to sit in a room with no one else and just think. If that doesn't work, nothing else will.

Before doing something you have to think if it is viable or not.

54. Today's investor does not benefit from yesterday's growth.

What has already happened should not influence what will be done tomorrow.

55. I've had periods in my life where I've had a ton of ideas and I've had long dry spells.

Having ideas is not synonymous with success.

56. If you're not thinking about owning a stock for 10 years, don't even think about owning it for 10 minutes.

Think about tomorrow, not just now.

57. If you don't take care of that body and mind, they will be a disaster 40 years from now.

How you take care of your body today will be reflected in the future.

58. The risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.

The best investments are the product of the risks that were taken.

59. The key is to compete in the same way when you have 1.8 billion products sold a day as you do when you sell 10 a day.

Compete with the same intensity, even if you only have a few products on the market.

60. The clumsiest reason to buy a stock is because it's going up.

Don't buy stock just because it's at a good price.

61. Surrounding yourself with people who behave worse, you will soon slip. It just works that way.

Remove from your life those people who act in a bad way, they are not acceptable companies.

62. I am prone to limit myself to things that are reasonably easy, safe, profitable, and enjoyable.

When something meets very tempting conditions, you have to take a step back to better see the panorama.

63. The more absurd the behavior of the market, the better the opportunity for the methodical investor.

If you are an orderly person you will have many opportunities to emerge.

64. I prefer to position my portfolio so that I only have to make a few of those smart decisions.

It is better to have few important things than to have a lot of objects that only bring complications.

65. The only way to get love is to be kind.

Kindness opens many doors.

66. Don't pass up an interesting opportunity today because you think you'll find something better tomorrow.

Take advantage of today's opportunities, because tomorrow you may regret it.

67. Like marriage, financial acquisitions often surprise after the 'I do'.

There are things that surprise after having them.

68. Just buy something for less than it's worth.

Take advantage of sales, help save money.

69. When we're part owners of great businesses with great management, our favorite time to hold value is forever.

Having good management helps success knock on the door.

70. After all, you only find out who's swimming naked when the tide goes out.

When the outlook improves is when we see who is by our side.

71. Investing is not a game where the guy with an IQ of 160 beats the guy with an IQ of 130.

Investing is not something associated with intelligence, but with skill and ability.

72. It is good to learn from your own experience, but also from that of others.

Other people's experiences are great teachings just like your own.

73. There is so much ahead that there is no point in thinking about what we could have done.

Don't cry for what you didn't do, focus on what you can do.

74. We would have to invest for life.

Life is a constant investment.

75. Follow your own intuitions and analysis, as long as you have acquired enough experience and knowledge to launch yourself into the world of investment and speculation.

Believe in your skills and knowledge.

76. Buying things that are not needed will lead to selling things that are needed.

If you buy unnecessary things, soon you will have to sell them to acquire those that you do need.

77. The important thing is to know what you know and to know what you don't know.

There are things we don't know, that's where we have to focus.

78. History teaches us that we do not learn from history.

Those who don't learn the lessons of history tend to make the same mistakes over and over again.

79. Fear is the most contagious disease you can imagine. It makes the virus look like a slob.

Fear must be pushed away as it paralyzes and does not let it grow.

80. If you don't have influence, you don't get in trouble. That's the only way a smart person can go broke, basically. And I've always said, 'If you're smart, you don't need it; and if you're dumb, you shouldn't use it."

Avoid trouble at all times.

81. When a manager with a reputation for brilliance plugs into a business with a reputation for bad economic practices, what remains intact is the reputation of the business.

When we get together with someone of low reputation, our name is said.

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

What you do today will have an impact tomorrow.

83. We just try to be afraid when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are afraid.

When fear takes over you, you can't do brilliant things.

84. Rule number 1 never lose money. Rule number 2 never forget rule number 1.

Don't waste your money, you may regret it.

85. We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will move forward with time.

Life is a constant uncertainty.

86. You can't buy what's popular and do it well.

There are things that are priceless.

87. Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like to buy quality merchandise when it's on sale.

Even when we buy something on sale, it does not mean that it must be of poor quality.

88. If I have an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do anything.

If you have an idea, put it into practice.

89. I will tell you how to become a millionaire. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.

Being prudent helps achieve dreams.

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

Knowing how to say no is essential.