Imagination
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited. Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955), Quotations book 2011
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Love changes
To effect real change, you must impart real love. Eyal Shahar – Israeli investor and former intelligence officer, founder and President of Online Trading Academy. (b. 1960)
Bringing capital to the best host
One of the questions we like to ask [the CEO particularly] is, how do you measure if you’ve been a success managing this business? As you might expect some say the price of the stocks goes up, or we hit our earnings target, or we delivered on all the things the board asked of us. It’s a rare occasion that the CEO articulates an idea that shows he understands the idea of compounding the...
Библия
Как ночное небо: чем больше смотришь, тем больше звезд. Дми́трий Серге́евич Мережко́вский - русский писатель (1865-1941), из "Иисус Неизвестный", Том первый, Часть I (1932/34), Котировочная книга 2024 It is like the night sky: the longer you gaze at it, the greater is the multitude of the stars. Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky - Russian writer (1865-1941), from "Jesus the Unknown", volume 1,...
Vocation
Thousands and millions of individuals work, produce and save ... They are prompted by a natural vocation rather than mere thirst for money. The taste, their pride in seeing one's company prosper, establish a reputation, inspire confidence from an ever-growing clientele, their pleasure in extending their facilities and embellishing their offices, constitute an incentive towards progress that...
Investment success
Establishing and maintaining an unconventional investment profile requires acceptance of uncomfortably idiosyncratic portfolios, which frequently appear downright imprudent in the eyes of conventional wisdom. David F. Swensen - American investor, endowment fund manager, and philanthropist (1954-2021), from "Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional...
Together
As we look for new answers in the modern age, I for one prefer the tried and tested recipes, like speaking well of each other and respecting different points of view; coming together to seek out the common ground; and never losing sight of the bigger picture. Queen Elizabeth II. – British monarch, 1952-2022 Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1926-2022), in her...
Courage for bad decisions
We would rather suffer the visible costs of a few bad decisions than incur the many invisible costs that come from decisions made too slowly – or not at all – because of a stifling bureaucracy. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (2009), Quotations book 2024
Tell me, what you invest in, so I tell you, who you are!
Investing isn't an IQ test; it's a test of character. Jason Zweig – American journalist (b. 1959), in "Do You Know the Difference Between Being Rich and Being Wealthy?" ("The Wall Street Journal", August 8th, 2020), Quotations book 2024
Endure fat and lean years
Unless you can watch your stock holding decline by 50% without becoming panic-stricken, you should not be in the stock market. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2024
Think and become rich
Information cannot serve as an effective substitute for thinking. Bernard M. Baruch - American financier, adviser to several American presidents (1870-1965), from "Baruch: My Own Story" (1957), Quotations book 2024
Joy of discovery
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. Isaac Asimov – Russian-born American writer and biochemist (1920-1992), Quotations book 2024
Darkness is followed by sunshine
It is always darkest just before the day dawneth. Thomas Fuller - English monk and author (1608-1661), from "A Pisgah-Sight Of Palestine And The Confines Thereof", book II, chapter 2) (1650), Quotations book 2024
Entrepreneurial spirit
We look for managers who are owners. Charles T. "Chuck" Akre, Jr. – American value investor, founder, CEO and CIO Akre Capital Management (b. 1942)
Owner-operator culture
An owner-operator culture is the central idea expressed in our portfolio. Boiled down to our essential raison d'être, that’s it. We invest with talented people who have skin in the game. In other words, we invest in businesses where management and/or the board own a significant amount of stock. Chris Mayer – American investor and author (b. 1972), in "Art Imitates the Stock Market: Sixty...
Customer orientation
There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. Samuel M. "Sam" Walton - American entrepreneur, founder of Walmart (1918-1992), quotations books 2004 + 2024
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One waits for time to change, the other grabs it vigorously and acts. wisdom, falsely attributed to Dante Alighieri - Italian writer (1265-1321) L'uno aspetta che il tempo cambi, l'altro lo afferra deciso e agisce. saggezza, falsamente attribuita a Dante Alighieri - scrittore italiano (1265-1321)