Honesty lasts the longest
Always take the high road. It’s less crowded. Warren Buffett – American value-investor, lonmg-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), Quotations book 2025
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God’s word
In the church it is not decisive what I say, what you say, what so and so says, rather Thus sais the Lord. In ecclesia non valet hoc ego dico, hoc tu dicis, hoc ille dicit, sed Haec dicit Dominus. attributed to Augustine of Hippo – known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctors of Church (354-430), inscription under the portrait...
Against forgetting
The dead outnumber the living […] fourteen to one, and we ignore the accumulated experience of such a huge majority of mankind at our peril. Niall Ferguson – British-born American historian (b. 1965), from “Civilization: The West and the Rest” (2011)
Remember to the future
Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. Cornelia Arnolda Johanna “Corrie” ten Boom – Dutch writer, member of the resistance (1892-1983), from “The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom” (1971), Quotations book 2025
Humble people learn more
One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant. Robert T. Kiyosaki – American businessman and author (b. 1947), in a “Facebook” message (April 2, 2018), Quotations book 2025
Fish where the fish are
The first rule of fishing is “Fish where the fish are” and the second rule of fishing is “Don’t forget rule number one”. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2025
Exploiting potential
A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time – most people don’t even try and just accept that things are the way that they are. People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching anywhere near their potential. Samuel...
Faith gives Power
To have faith is to believe the task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us. Pamela W. Vredevelt – American psychotherapist, counselor and author (b. 1955), from “Espresso for a Woman’s Spirit: Encouraging Stories of Hope and Humor” Ed. 1 (2000), Quotations book 2025
Whitewashing
Every time you hear the word “EBITDA” (Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization), just substitute it with “bullshit earnings”. People who use “EBITDA” are trying to con you or they are conning themselves. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2025
Grab
Big opportunities come infrequently. When it’s raining gold, reach for a bucket, not a thimble. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (2009), Quotations book 2025
If the ship leaks, look for a new one
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 – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1985), Quotations book 2025
Behind every successful man is a strong woman
Believing, yet, that no man ever lived a right life who had not been chastened by a woman’s love, strengthened by her courage, and guided by her discretion. John Ruskin – English writer, painter and social philosopher (1819-1900), from the preface from January 1st, 1871, to the Later Editions of “Sesame and Lilies” (1865), Quotations book...
Good
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. Mae West – American actress and author (1893-1980), from her autobiography “Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It”, chapter 21 (1959)
Ideas and dreams
Nurture your ideas and dreams. Richard Prentice Ettinger – American publisher, inventor of the publication form “loseleaf-service” and founder of US-publisher Prentice Hall (1893-1971)
Invert, always invert
Many hard problems are best solved when they are addressed backward. Turn a situation or problem upside down. Look at it backward. … Inversion often forces you to uncover hidden beliefs about the problem you are trying to solve. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), on a maxim of Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (born Jacques Simon, German mathematician,...
Life-long investing
You should invest like a Catholic marries – for life. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), from “BBuffettology: The Previously Unexplained Techniques That Have Made Warren Buffett The Worlds Most Famous Investor” (1997)
Paixão
Passion […] is there in the excitement of the unexpected, in the desire to do something with real fervour, in the certainty that one is going to realise a dream. Passion sends us signals that guide us through our lives, and it’s up to me to interpret those signs. Paulo Coelho de Souza – Brazilian writer (b. 1947), from “Eleven Minutes” (“Onze Minutos”,...
Reading
You’d be amazed at how much Warren [Buffett] reads – and how much I read. They think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2025
Gai
Je me suis mis à être un peu gai, parce qu’on m’a dit que cela est bon pour la santé. Voltaire – né François Marie Arouet, philosophe et écrivain français (1694-1778),de un lettre à l’Abbé Trublet (Ferney, 27 avril 1761) I have begun to be somewhat merry because I have been told that that is good for one’s health. Voltaire – born François Marie Arouet, French...