Referring to 1913: Even in these earlier times, finding the really outstanding companies and staying with them through all the fluctuations of a gyrating market proved far more profitable to far more people than did the more colorful practice of trying to buy them cheap and sell them dear. Philip A. Fisher – American Growth-Investor and Mentor for Warren Buffett (1907-2004), Quotations books...
Does the company have a management of unquestionable integrity? Philip A. Fisher – American Growth-Investor and Mementor for Warren Buffett (1907-2004)
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. Wisdom
The value of life ist not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet very little. Michel de Montaigne – French writer and philosopher (1533-1592)
Every child has its own statistic: Wise medical doctors answer to the question of worried parents what survivial chance percentage their child would have: The child is well and alive today. said at the Ira W. Sohn Conference for Tomorrows Childrens Fund – Quotations book 2005
How long should you hold a stock? As long as the good things that attracted you to the company are still there. Philip L. Carret – American investor, founder of Pioneer Fund (1896-1998), Quotations book 2005
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. The Bible, 2 Corinthians 9:6 (NIV) – Quotations book 2005
All life is problem solving. Sir Karl Raimund Popper – Austrian-born English philosopher and sociologist (1902-1994)
Vivere militare est.. Lucius Annaeus Seneca – Roman philosopher (4 BC-65 AC)
1. God, I believe that at this moment I am in your presence and you are loving me. 2. God, you know my needs better than I know them. Give me your light and help as I review this day. 3. God, help me now to review the events of this day in order to recognize your blessings and my shortcomings. 4. God, I ask your forgiveness for my failings and I thank you for all your blessings. 5. As I look...
A firm”s income statement may be likened to a bikini – what it reveals is interesting, but what it conceals is vital. Burton G. Malkiel – American economist, professor for economy at Princeton University (b. 1932), Quotations book 2005
When we get what we deserve, that is justice. When we don”t get what we deserve, that is mercy. When we get what we don”t deserve, that is grace. Proverb – Quotations book 2005
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business. Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947), Quotations book 2005
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. Eleanor Roosevelt – American presidential spouse 1933-45 and philanthropist, co-writer of the UN Charta for human rights (1884-1962)
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt – American presidential spouse 1933-45 and philanthropist, co-writer of the UN Charta for human rights (1884-1962)
Don”t take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. Baltasar Gracián y Morales – Spanish philosopher and writer (1601-1658), Quotations book 2005