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

—Warren Buffett

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

—Warren Buffett

“Any business plan won’t survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.”

“Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.”

—Warren Buffett

“My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.”

“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

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

—Warren Buffett

“Can you imagine any public company embracing a business model that would lead to the decline in revenue that we experienced from 1986 through 1999?”

—Warren Buffett

“If you buy things you don't need, soon you will have to sell things you need.”

—Warren Buffett

“We need a moderately-priced stock market… The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do. For the investor, a too-high purchase price for the stock of an excellent company can undo the effects of a subsequent decade of favorable business developments.”

—Warren Buffett

“Buy the dip.”

—Warren Buffett

“Charlie and I would follow a buy-and-hold policy even if we ran a tax-exempt institution.”

—Warren Buffett

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

—Warren Buffett

“A small chance of distress or disgrace cannot, in our view, be offset by a large chance of extra returns.”

—Warren Buffett

“My favourite holding period is forever”

—Warren Buffett

“Intensity is the price of excellence.”

—Warren Buffett