Warren Buffett says

“If you aren't thinking about owning a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes.”

—Warren Buffett

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“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

“It’s not that I want money. It’s the fun of making money and watching it grow.”

—Warren Buffett

“It is not greed that drives the world but envy.”

—Warren Buffett

“Stocks of companies selling commodity-like products should come with a warning label: “Competition may prove hazardous to human wealth.“”

—Warren Buffett

“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.”

—Warren Buffett

“But then it dawned on me that the opinion of someone who is always wrong has its own special utility to decision-makers.”

—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

“calling someone who trades actively in the market an investor “is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a romantic.”

—Warren Buffett

“Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving.”

—Warren Buffett

“There's never just one cockroach in the kitchen.”

—Warren Buffett