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My favourite Buffet quotes


Warren Edward Buffett born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is considered by some to be one of the most successful investors in the world. Buffett is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, and is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008 and as the second wealthiest in 2016. In 2012 Time named Buffett one of the world's most influential people.

Buffett is often referred to as the "Wizard of Omaha", "Oracle of Omaha," or the "Sage of Omaha," and is noted for his adherence to value investing and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth. Buffett is a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Gates Foundation

 Personally i have read most of his books and these are my favourite quotes from the richest investor on planet earth

'Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1. '
'Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. '
'We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.'
'Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. '
'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. '
'The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get. '
'In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.'
'Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.'
'It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. '
'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.'
'I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. '
'Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. '
'The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth. '
'If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.'
'When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.'



                               Ahabwe Collins is ,
                               Sales executive at SUNSINE technologies
                               Entrepreneur and business enthusiast.
                               Find more at my personal blog
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