Warren Buffett Quotes

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out.

What I put in the stock market, I don't have to touch in my lifetime. I want to live off my bonds. I want to be that safe.

My opinion is just be very careful when you're young and making the money.

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money.

I invested. I wanted to cushion the future. I'm a financial success!

Investing is for wealth preservation, not wealth creation, so first you have to make wealth.

One day we are a hero, another day we are a zero. Without me, Cardiff would have gone bust. Because of my investment, we got promoted.

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

I never heard of anyone saying they want to deploy their capital wisely and go buy a sports franchise. What you want to do is just not lose money. You see, I don't have to work anymore. I tell people I don't have a real job. On the other hand, I learned long ago that you can't go broke if you turn a profit.

Getting rich is about fun. It's a game, and you have to treat it that way.

When I retire, I wanna be able to just lay back. Only way to make it happen is to be investing my money, not spending it.

The purpose of investing is not to simply optimise returns and make yourself rich. The purpose is not to die poor.

By refusing to pay too much for an investment, you minimize the chances that your wealth will ever disappear or suddenly be destroyed.

Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.

If you're lucky enough to have been rewarded in life to the degree that I have, there comes a point at which you have to decide whether to become a slave to your net worth by devoting the rest of your life to increasing it or to let what you've accumulated begin to serve you.

Investing isn’t risky; not being in control is risky.

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.

I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.