Warren Buffett Quotes

When things that normally work aren't working, you have to go to something else.

Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition.

A move to a different town or school gives us new places to explore, new people to meet; a lost pet means we have to organize a careful search; baby-sitting requires looking out for dangers a young child can't foresee; a car crash or fire demands that we get help immediately.

There is energy and power in a crisis.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.

Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.

You cannot change everything you face and you cannot also change anything without facing it.

Crisis for others is a source of despair. For me, it's an opportunity to bring reform.

Crisis creates opportunity.

Let's stop talking about crisis. Let's work instead.

As the years go by, you have to realise when it is the right time to do something different.

When you find yourself hitting up against a wall over and over again, it's time to try a different route.

Leaders fix things that are broken.

Our molting season, like that of the fouls, must be a crisis in our lives.

If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.

Never waste a good crisis.

For what wears out the life of mortal men? 'Tis that from change to change their being rolls; Tis that repeated shocks, again, again, Exhaust the energy of strongest souls And numb the elastic powers.

Change is never a loss - it is change only.

I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got to face the fact. (Walter)

When you don't know what to do, do something. I know you don't know what to do and I know you can't do everything right now, but you can do something.

You can't be the fastest gun in town forever. There comes a time when you're not the golden boy, and you have to go off somewhere and figure yourself out.

Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.

Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.