Warren Buffett says

“A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse—not a remarkable mathematician.”

—Warren Buffett

More from Warren Buffett

“Our favorite holding period is forever. We are just the opposite of those who hurry to sell and book profits when companies perform well but who tenaciously hang on to businesses that disappoint. Peter Lynch aptly likens such behavior to cutting the flowers and watering the weeds.”

—Warren Buffett

“Buy a stock the way you would buy a house. Understand and like it such that you’d be content to own it in the absence of any market.”

—Warren Buffett

“Reading could be the BEST addiction one could have. The only proven side effect is imagination & an edge in knowledge.”

—Warren Buffett

“If your employees, including your CEO, wish to give to their alma maters or other institutions to which they feel a personal attachment, we believe they should use their own money, not yours.”

—Warren Buffett

“ABCs of business decay, which are arrogance, bureaucracy and complacency.”

—Warren Buffett

“Especially favourable future prospects were regarded by shrewd investors as something to look for but not to pay for”

—Warren Buffett

“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”

—Warren Buffett

“You don’t have to be an expert on every company, or even many. You only have to be able to evaluate companies within your circle of competence. The size of that circle is not very important; knowing its boundaries, however, is vital.”

—Warren Buffett

“If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.”

—Warren Buffett

“If you can't tell whose side someone is on, they are not on yours.”

—Warren Buffett