If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later! Sir Richard Branson – British company founder (Virgin) and adventurer (b. 1950), in a “Twitter” message from 24.01.2018 (since 2023 “X”), Quotations book 2023
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs. Zig Ziglar – American author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur (1926-2012)
Any superiority an investment process may have will only emerge with time, so patience is important. Nick Sleep – British investor and co-founder of Sleep, Zakaria and Company and the IGY Foundation (b. 1968)
You don’t need more time, you just need to decide. Seth W. Godin – American author and former dot com business executive and company founder (b. 1960), Quotations book 2023
The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the rest of the time, they don’t. It’s just that simple. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2023
It takes character to sit with all that cash and to do nothing. I didn’t get to the top where I am by going after mediocre opportunities. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2023
I think the record shows the advantage of a peculiar mindset – not seeking action for its own sake, but instead combining extreme patience with extreme decisiveness. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023)
I often compare the craft of a money manager with that of a gardener: To have a great garden takes decades, not a few months. To successfully grow great trees and flowers, you have to understand your environment and capabilities (you can’t grow the same flowers in Quebec than in Florida). You have to know the soil, the temperatures, the orientation of the sun, etc. And to build a garden...
The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2023
Be tough, be confident. But you will never be a whole and happy person if you aren’t humble. Stein Eriksen – Norwegian alpine ski racer (1927-2015), Quotations book 2023
By perseverance the snail reached the ark. Charles Haddon Spurgeon – English Baptist pastor (1834-1892), from “The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon” (1889), Quotations book 2023
The greater joy is everywhere preceded by the greater pain. Ubique maius gaudium molestia maiore praeceditur. Augustine of Hippo – known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctors of Church (354-430), from “Confessions”, Book 8, Chapter 3.8 (“Confessiones”, c....
Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris, quia non est alius qui pugnet pro nobis, nisi tu Deus noster. Martin Luther – German reformer (1483-1546), adaptation of Gregorian chant “Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris” (1529)
The single most important skill for being a good investor is to be very content with not doing anything for extended periods, and that’s perfectly fine. Mohnish Pabrai – Indian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (b. 1964)
The best thing you can do is to be exceptionally good at something. If you’re the best doctor in town, if you’re the best lawyer in town, if you’re the best whatever it may be… [people] are going to give you some of what they produce in exchange for what you deliver. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), at the...
No one rises to low expectations. Leslie Calvin “Les” Brown – American motivational speaker (b.1945)
There is a driving force more powerful than steam, electricity and nuclear power: the will. attributed to Albert Einstein – German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955)
Là où il y a de la haine, que je mette l’amour. Là où il y a l’offense, que je mette le pardon. Là où il y a la discorde, que je mette l’union. Là où il y a l’erreur, que je mette la vérité. Là où il y a le doute, que je mette la foi. Là où il y a le désespoir, que je mette l’espérance. Là où il y a les ténèbres, que je mette votre lumière. Là où il y a la tristesse, que je mette la joie. Ô...
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. wisdom, falsely attributed to Thomas Jefferson – American politician, 1801-1909 third president and member of the American Enlightment movement (1743-1826), Quotations book 2003