Henry Kravis Quotes

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

I'm a pretty disciplined investor and pretty disciplined buyer. I do my due diligence. I do my homework. I don't waste money.

The best investments are the easiest ones to approve.

I have a saying: There are no brave old people in finance. Because if you're brave, you mostly get destroyed in your 30s and 40s. If you make it to your 50s and 60s and you're still prospering, you have a very good sense of how to avoid problems and when to be conservative or aggressive with your investments.

One of the rules I've learned is that struggling to try and think your way into making an investment is usually the best way to not have a great outcome.

I don't think you should put all your money in one place. It must be invested in different investments.

Investment must be rational; if you can't understand it, don't do it.

Too many people say to their brokers, I can't deal with this. Take my money. Do what you want. That's the worst attitude you can have.

I know where I'm putting my money.

Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'

The thing to do with mutual funds is to buy a couple of decent ones, set up an investment plan and then never, ever think about them again, except maybe once a quarter or so when you take a peek at your statements to make sure that you have not accidentally been buying the Fidelity Peace-in-the-Middle-East fund.

Great investments may look crazy but really may not be.

In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It's the same with investment.

Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

Eliminate emotion from your investment program.

Don't go and invest across the country somewhere that you don't know. Invest in a market that you know, because there are great areas in every city.

Trust me: I know a good investment when I see one.

In every investment, before I get involved or invest, I always see what the mindset of the founder, the CEO, is.

Provided someone can persuade me, I will invest in anything.

We take dispassionate view of our investments. Does it mean that we are looking out to monetise the investment? That is not correct. But if we get an offer that we cannot refuse, as I say, then it is not that we are not, that we will still hold on to the investment.

Money can make money if you're intelligent about it and don't waste it the wrong way.

When you see a 'Shark fight' erupt, we aggressively want to understand what we are committing our money toward.

Assessing management quality is clearly one of the most important aspects of an investment decision.

Investigate carefully before you invest. Spend as much time researching the investment as you spend earning the money.