Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett Quotes.

Collection of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett Quotes. Warren Buffett has great advice for both business and life.

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

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” ~Warren Buffett
“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.” ~Warren Buffett
“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

“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.” ~Warren Buffett
“Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.” ~Warren Buffett
“Value is what you get.” ~Warren Buffett
“Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.” ~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
“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
“You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.” ~Warren Buffett

Business and Life Quotes

“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
“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
“It’s never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.” ~Warren Buffett
“We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.” ~Warren Buffett
“The most important investment you can make is in yourself.” ~Warren Buffett

“There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.” ~Warren Buffett
“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
“When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.” ~Warren Buffett
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” ~Warren Buffett

“The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble. We want to buy them when they’re on the operating table.” ~Warren Buffett