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“The most important investment you can make is in yourself.”

—Warren Buffett

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

—Warren Buffett

“For these investors, it would have been far better if Orville had failed to get off the ground at Kitty Hawk: The more the industry has grown, the worse the disaster for owners.”

—Warren Buffett

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

—Warren Buffett

“Loss of focus is what most worries Charlie and me when we contemplate investing in businesses that in general look outstanding. All too often, we’ve seen value stagnate in the presence of hubris or of boredom that caused the attention of managers to wander.”

—Warren Buffett

“Don't work for money, make money work for you.”

—Warren Buffett

“We trade real estate for technology (which gets cheaper and more capable every year).”

“You do not need to be terrifically smart to do well as an investor at all.”

—Warren Buffett

“While investors and managers must place their feet in the future, their memories and nervous systems often remain plugged into the past.”

—Warren Buffett

“For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases.”

—Warren Buffett

“It takes character to sit with all that cash and to do nothing. I didn't get top where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.”

—Charlie Munger

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

—Warren Buffett

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

—Warren Buffett

“There is no tougher job in corporate America than running an airline: Despite the huge amounts of equity capital that have been injected into it, the industry, in aggregate, has posted a net loss since its birth after Kitty Hawk. Airline managers need brains, guts, and experience—and”

—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

“If you’re long-term oriented, customer interests and shareholder interests are aligned.”