To invest is to allocate money in the expectation of some benefit in the future. In finance, the benefit from an investment is called a return. Profoundly inspirational investment quotes will challenge the way you think, and make your life worth living.
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Famous Investment Quotes
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ. — Warren Buffett
I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will. — Warren Buffett
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
If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need. — Warren Buffett
Only those who are asleep make no mistakes. — Ingvar Kamprad
If we assume that there are normal or standard income results to be obtained from investing money in securities, then the role of the adviser can be more readily established. He will use his superior training and experience to protect his clients against mistakes and to make sure that they obtain the results to which their money is entitled. — Benjamin Graham
Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down. — Warren Buffett
You do things when the opportunities come along. I’ve had periods in my life when I’ve had a bundle of ideas come along, and I’ve had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I’ll do something. If not, I won’t do a damn thing. — Warren Buffett
Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money. — Warren Buffett
Many businesses fail because the owner wasn’t willing to invest and wasn’t educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion. — Carol Roth
You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. — Warren Buffett
Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities, they should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful. — Warren Buffett
Girls’ education is the single best investment that any society can make — Carol Bellamy
Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. — Warren Buffett
I’ve seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage — leverage being borrowed money. You really don’t need leverage in this world much. If you’re smart, you’re going to make a lot of money without borrowing. — Warren Buffett
When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever. — Warren Buffett
If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring. — George Soros
You’re dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; it’s like a great big casino and everyone else is boozing. If you can stick with Pepsi, you should be O.K. — Warren Buffett
Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up. — Warren Buffett
Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach. — Peter Lynch
Experience taught me to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. — Donald Trump
The investor of today does not profit from yesterday’s growth. — 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
Bottoms in the investment world don’t end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows. — Jim Rogers
You’re generally better off sticking with what you know. — Donald Trump
Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make. — Donald Trump
It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. — Warren Buffett
The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs. Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money. After a heady experience of that kind, normally sensible people drift into behavior akin to that of Cinderella at the ball. — Warren Buffett
When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results. — Warren Buffett
No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. — Warren Buffett
I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date. — Niklas Zennstrom
Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. — 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
The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself…The more you learn, the more you’ll earn. — Warren Buffett
You want to be greedy when others are fearful. — Howard Warren Buffett
