Investing Quotes - Page 7

• I will not just live my life. I will not just spend my life. I will invest my life.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Spending

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• Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account nor in any part of your thinking.

  Benjamin Graham

  Thinking, Investment, Operations

  Benjamin Graham (2009). “The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed”, p.22, Harper Collins

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• The intelligent investor should recognize that market panics can create great prices for good companies and good prices for great companies.

  Benjamin Graham

  Intelligent, Panic, Good Company

  Benjamin Graham (1965). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”, p.182, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.

  Warren Buffett

  Giving, Buffets, Attractive

  "Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist". Book by Roger Lowenstein, 1995.

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• Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the corrections.

  Peter Lynch

  Long, Safe, Finance

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• Know what you own, and know why you own it.

  Peter Lynch

  Money, Intelligent, Investment

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• The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years to play out.

  Peter Lynch

  Years, Play, Typical

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  If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.

  Warren Buffett

  Money, Business, Work

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• I buy expensive suits - they just look cheap on me.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  "The view from Omaha: devotees flock to hear world's richest man" by Andrew Clark, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2008.

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• The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd.

  Warren Buffett

  Important, Quality, Needs

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• The intelligent investor shouldn't ignore Mr. Market entirely. Instead, you should do business with him- but only to the extent that it serves your interests.

  Benjamin Graham

  Intelligent, Should, Interest

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• The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.

  John Templeton

  Pessimism, Investment, Traders

  "Sir John Templeton" by Martin Adeney, www.theguardian.com. July 9, 2008.

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• The stock market is a giant distraction to the business of investing.

  John C. Bogle

  Giants, Distraction

  "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns". Book by John C. Bogle, 2007.

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• Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Life, Honesty

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• If you have never missed when investing, you haven't been in there trying.

  Venita VanCaspel

  Money, Trying, Ifs

  Venita VanCaspel (1988). “Money Dynamics for the 1990s”, Simon & Schuster

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• 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

  Life, Motivational, Success

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Macro worries are like sports talk radio. Everyone has a good opinion which probably means that none of them are good.

  Seth Klarman

  Sports, Mean, Worry

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• In the long run, investing is not about markets at all. Investing is about enjoying the returns earned by businesses.

  John C. Bogle

  Running, Long, Return

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• A person with a flexible schedule and average resources will be happier than a rich person who has everything except a flexible schedule. Step one in your search for happiness is to continually work toward having control of your schedule.

  Scott Adams

  Average, Schedules, Steps

  "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big". Book by Scott Adams, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2013.

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  The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.

  Warren Buffett

  Quality, Important, Buffets

  "Rules That Warren Buffett Lives By". February 23, 2010.

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• Shortly after I met my mentor he asked me, ‘Mr. Rohn, how much money have you saved and invested over the last six years?’ And I said, ‘None.’ He then asked, ‘Who sold you on that plan?’

  Jim Rohn

  Funny, Money, Humorous

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 25, 2016

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• Games are won by players who focus on the playing field -- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.

  Warren Buffett

  Eye, Player, Games

  "Warren Buffett's 5 Rules For Investing" by Sam Ro, www.businessinsider.com. February 24, 2014.

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• If your fund doesn't last for the long term, how can you invest for the long term?

  John C. Bogle

  Long, Lasts, Term

  John C. Bogle (2010). “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns”, p.70, John Wiley & Sons

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• In business, competition is never as healthy as total domination.

  Peter Lynch

  Competition, Healthy, Domination

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

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• One of the biggest challenges in investing is that the opportunity set available today is not the complete opportunity set that should be considered. Limiting your opportunity set to the one immediately at hand would be like limiting your spouse to the students you met in high school

  Seth Klarman

  School, Opportunity, Hands

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