Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Warren Buffett Quotes

American - Businessman Born: August 30, 1930

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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Warren Buffett

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett

Inspirational, Long Time

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. - Warren Buffett

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. Warren Buffett

Always, Business World

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. - Warren Buffett

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. Warren Buffett

Price, Pay, Get

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does. - Warren Buffett

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does. Warren Buffett

Rain, Count, Does

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1. - Warren Buffett

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1. Warren Buffett

Money, Forget, Never

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. - Warren Buffett

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. Warren Buffett

Knowledge, Doing, Knowing

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. - Warren Buffett

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. Warren Buffett

Habit, Broken, Chains

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. Warren Buffett

Think, Minutes, About

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. - Warren Buffett

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

Swimming, Tide, Discover

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. - Warren Buffett

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. Warren Buffett

Think, Always, Ever

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Warren Buffett
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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

People, Hang, Associates

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. - Warren Buffett

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. Warren Buffett

Forget, Lose, Rule

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway. Warren Buffett

Advice, People, Rolls

In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497. Warren Buffett

Financial, Other, United

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth. - Warren Buffett

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth. Warren Buffett

Yesterday, Investor, Does

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. - Warren Buffett

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. Warren Buffett

I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game. Warren Buffett

Game, Dexter, Part

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get. Warren Buffett

Love, Away, Very

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster. Warren Buffett

Life, Big, Your

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. - Warren Buffett

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. Warren Buffett

Finance, Derivatives

I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years. Warren Buffett

Next, Could, Buy

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing. Warren Buffett

My Life, Week, Next

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars. Warren Buffett

Before, Billionaires, Traits

You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it. Warren Buffett

Back, About, Being

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business. Warren Buffett

Business, Going, Delivering

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. Warren Buffett

Some, Things, Perverse

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