Warren Buffett Quotes

An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait.

The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.

Keep recognizing that reality is changing and that your ideas have to change. Don’t get stuck in old ideas.

Any year that you don't destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year

The smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they’d already solved. They’re open to new points of view, new information, new ideas, contradictions, and challenges to their own way of thinking.

What distinguishes success from failures is that the successes constantly thirst for new ideas and knowledge.

I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday, and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, 'You know, they're right, that's better.' Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees.

I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.

Have an open mind - allow different ideas into your way of thinking.

I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind.

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

There has to be a willingness to constantly accept critical feedback and rapidly iterate to make things better.

I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens with some frequency.

Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.

You have to get a little untrapped from too much prior knowledge.

We need the self-confidence to admit that at best we possess only a partial understanding of the truth, which can be enlarged by refining our views in light of new arguments, new circumstances and new insights. But this requires us to listen to others, to weigh their arguments with care, and maybe even to learn from them.

I try not to be an ideologue about anything. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and I'm willing to evolve.

I think a lot of adults are kind of set in their ways. My mom is always changing. She's excited to learn.

When you build your network, keep yourself open to new ideas, concepts, and theories. Some of them may even contradict and challenge long-held points of view. This isn't beneficial only to someone in my profession, but to every line of work.

Often my best work comes from somebody trying to stretch me in a direction that I wouldn't normally want to go in. It's not something I fight at all.

I prefer to listen to people who change their mind now and then.

I think it's very important to keep in the back of your mind: 'What if I'm wrong?'

To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Don't defend past actions; what is right today may be wrong tomorrow. Don't be consistent; consistency is the refuge of fools.

We have to open our minds and be ready for the changes.

In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.