Warren Buffetts wisdom about Leadership

“It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong.”

—Warren Buffett

“We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.”

—Warren Buffett

“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.”

—Warren Buffett

“I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.”

—Warren Buffett

“You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.”

—Warren Buffett

“Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be.”

—Warren Buffett

“In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.”

—Warren Buffett

“I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.”

—Warren Buffett

“I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.”

—Warren Buffett

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

—Warren Buffett

“Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.”

—Warren Buffett

“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.”

—Warren Buffett

“When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.”

—Warren Buffett

“Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.”

—Warren Buffett

“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.”

—Warren Buffett

“You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”

—Warren Buffett

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.”

—Warren Buffett

“Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”

—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

“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing”

—Warren Buffett

“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”

—Warren Buffett

“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

—Warren Buffett

“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”

—Warren Buffett

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

—Warren Buffett

“Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.”

—Warren Buffett