Warren Buffett says

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

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“Humanity is at a crossroads. We can continue down the current path of greed, consumerism, oligarchy, poverty, war, racism, and environmental degradation. Or we can lead the world in moving in a very different direction.”

“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”

“We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details.”

“E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.”

“We need big failures in order to move the needle. If we don’t, we’re not swinging enough. You really should be swinging hard, and you will fail, but that’s okay.”

“What’s dangerous is not to evolve.”