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

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

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

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

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

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

Broken, Habit, Chains

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

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

Rain, Does, Count

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

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

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Warren Buffett
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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, Does, Investor

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

Devoted, Chronically, Likely

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 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

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes. - Warren Buffett

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes. Warren Buffett

Best, Heroes, Choose

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

Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. Warren Buffett

Feel, Nothing, Virtually

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, Buy, Could

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

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. - Warren Buffett

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. Warren Buffett

Finance, Derivatives

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. - Warren Buffett

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. Warren Buffett

Friend, Wonderful, Mediocre

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. - Warren Buffett

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. Warren Buffett

Thought, Poll, Substitute

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

Right, Very, Your

When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results. Warren Buffett

Pretty, Leverage, Some

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact. Warren Buffett

Business, Economics, Intact

The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard. Warren Buffett

Question, Satisfied, Big

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