Investing Quotes - Page 2

• Growth and value investing are joined at the hip.

  Warren Buffett

  Growth, Hips, Values

  12 Copy quote

• If your broker or investment advisor is not familiar with the concept of standard deviation of returns, get a new one.

  William J. Bernstein

  Return, Investment, Deviation

  8 Copy quote

• Although there are good and bad companies, there is no such thing as a good stock; there are only good stock prices, which come and go.

  Benjamin Graham

  Bad Company, Good And Bad, Stock Price

  17 Copy quote

• A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem.

  Warren Buffett

  Opportunity, Encounters, Problem

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.151, John Wiley & Sons

  14 Copy quote

  Show source

• Most investors want to do today what they should have done yesterday.

  Lawrence Summers

  Should Have, Yesterday, Done

  15 Copy quote

• The investor's chief problem - and even his worst enemy - is likely to be himself.

  Benjamin Graham

  Money, Worst Enemy, Greed

  Benjamin Graham (2009). “The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed”, p.8, Harper Collins

  21 Copy quote

  Show source

• If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.

  George Soros

  Fun, Investing Money, Boring

  "The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros". Book by Mark Tier, 2006.

  48 Copy quote

  Show source

• Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.

  George Soros

  Unexpected, Financial, Flux

  "Great Money Minds" by Chris Stallman at TeenAnalyst.com, May 5, 2005.

  17 Copy quote

  Show source

• Owning stocks is like having children - don't get involved with more than you can handle.

  Peter Lynch

  Children, Get Involved, Handle

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.305, Simon and Schuster

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.

  Charlie Munger

  Stupid, Intelligent, Long

  "Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger". Book by Janet Lowe, 2000.

  22 Copy quote

  Show source

• An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Encouraging, Education, Money

  Jack Vincent, Benjamin Franklin (2010). “Benjamin Franklin's the Way to Wealth”, p.91, The Way to Wealth

  80 Copy quote

  Show source

• The simpler it is, the better I like it.

  Peter Lynch

  Peter Lynch, John Rothchild (2000). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market”, p.130, Simon and Schuster

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.

  Robert G. Allen

  Money, Investing Your Time, Saving

  Robert G. Allen (2006). “Creating Wealth: Retire in Ten Years Using Allen's Seven Principles of Wealth”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

  64 Copy quote

  Show source

• If you're prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a fifth grader could understand, and quickly enough so the fifth grader won't get bored.

  Peter Lynch

  Inspirational, Money, Intelligent

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

  25 Copy quote

  Show source

• Have patience. Stocks don't go up immediately.

  Walter Schloss

  Having Patience, Values

  13 Copy quote

• Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Success, Money

  44 Copy quote

• At heart, "uncertainty" and "investing" are synonyms.

  Benjamin Graham

  Heart, Synonym, Uncertainty

  Benjamin Graham (1965). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”, p.212, Prabhat Prakashan

  22 Copy quote

  Show source

• Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.

  Warren Buffett

  Intelligent, Cash, Times Of Crisis

  32 Copy quote

• Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach. If you are susceptible to selling everything in a panic, you ought to avoid stocks and mutual funds altogether.

  Peter Lynch

  Panic, Making Money, Mutual Fund

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

  17 Copy quote

  Show source

• Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

  Warren Buffett

  Investment Success, Enemy, Looks

  28 Copy quote

• Value investing is risk aversion.

  Seth Klarman

  Risk, Insightful, Aversion

  21 Copy quote

• You don't get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.

  Bill Bonner

  Want, What You Deserve, What You Want

  15 Copy quote

• In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.

  Benjamin Graham

  Running, Business, Intelligent

  Benjamin Graham (1965). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”, p.179, Prabhat Prakashan

  60 Copy quote

  Show source

• The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.

  Stephen Covey

  Time, Keys, Management

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.302, Simon and Schuster

  54 Copy quote

  Show source

• Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion, which were the work of genius. But Sir Isaac's talents didn't extend to investing: He lost a bundle in the South Sea Bubble, explaining later, 'I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men.' If he had not been traumatized by this loss, Sir Isaac might well have gone on to discover the Fourth Law of Motion: For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases.

  Warren Buffett

  Stars, Business, Loss

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, www.berkshirehathaway.com. 2005.

  70 Copy quote

  Show source