Warren Buffett says

“I've never believed in risking what my family and friends have and need in order to pursue what they don't have and don't need.”

—Warren Buffett

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

—Warren Buffett

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

—Warren Buffett

“Despite our policy of candor, we will discuss our activities in marketable securities only to the extent legally required. Good investment ideas are rare, valuable and subject to competitive appropriation just as good product or business acquisition ideas are.”

—Warren Buffett

“I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.”

—Warren Buffett

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

—Warren Buffett

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”

—Warren Buffett

“Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.”

—Warren Buffett

“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”

—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

“Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.”

—Warren Buffett