Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American investor, business tycoon, and philanthropist, who is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
He is considered one of the most successful investors in the world and has a net worth of US$78.9 billion as of August 2020, making him the seventh wealthiest person in the world.
1 Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. –Warren Buffett
You always pay the price in order to achieve something in life. Whatever you achieve is valuable, it’s is what you get in return of paying the price.
2 Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. –Warren Buffett
Risk is what when you don’t have any idea or half of the idea about the thing you’re gonna do. It’s all about not having knowledge of that thing.
3 After all, you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. –Warren Buffett
When the problem goes out, only then you’re able to figure out who fought valiantly and who couldn’t by their current state.
4 We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. –Warren Buffett
It’s a human tendency to stay behind where there are a lot of people ahead of us and take advantage of the moment where it’s us who are ahead of them.
5 Our favorite holding period is forever. –Warren Buffett
The only period we crave things to last for is forever. We get attached so much that all we look for is forever.
6 Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. –Warren Buffett
Habits at first don’t make us realize that they are going to become toxic for us and when they do, it gets difficult to get rid of them.
7 Never invest in a business you cannot understand. –Warren Buffett
If you’re unable to understand something, either don’t invest your time and money on it or first learn about it properly and then do.
8 It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price, than a fair company at a wonderful price. –Warren Buffett
Always invest in having the majority of the knowledge so that you make a good investment than a silly one.
9 If a business does well, the stock eventually follows. –Warren Buffett
Always focus upon taking your business to the next step by working smartly and don’t worry about the value. If it performs well, the value will automatically increase.
10 Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. –Warren Buffett
One should always use time wisely and smartly and once it’s lost, it never comes back. Make the most out of it in whichever way you can.
11 There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. –Warren Buffett
We have a tendency to overthink even the smallest and easiest of things because we’re afraid of what if something wrong happens.
12 Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble. –Warren Buffett
Know how to make the most out of an opportunity, not in a greedy manner but in a smart and sophisticated one.
13 Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing. –Warren Buffett
When people can’t understand even after a lot of effort, one needs to break down things into bits to make them understand.
14 Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people. –Warren Buffett
Not everyone can be a hundred percent honest in their lives because it sometimes doesn’t bring them any good. Very few people are true by heart.
15 Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. –Warren Buffett
What we have is a gift to us by the older and passed away generations. What they did for us, we’re supposed to pass on the same to the upcoming ones.
Top 15 Investor Quotes from Warren Buffet in 2020
1. Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. –Warren Buffett
2. Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. –Warren Buffett
3. After all, you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. –Warren Buffett
4. We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. –Warren Buffett
5. Our favorite holding period is forever. –Warren Buffett
6. Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. –Warren Buffett
7. Never invest in a business you cannot understand. –Warren Buffett
8. It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price, than a fair company at a wonderful price. –Warren Buffett
9. If a business does well, the stock eventually follows. –Warren Buffett
10. Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. –Warren Buffett
11. There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. –Warren Buffett
12. Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble. –Warren Buffett
13. Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing. –Warren Buffett
14. Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people. –Warren Buffett
15. Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. –Warren Buffett
