“Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.”

Games are won by players who focus on the playing field, not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.

Learning how to live is much more important than learning how to make a living.

It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price, than a fair company at a wonderful price.

An investor should act as though he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it.

If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.

You don’t need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well.

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, ‘Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, ‘Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving.

The greatest investment a young person can make is in their own education, in their own mind. Because money comes and goes. Relationships come and go. But what you learn once stays with you forever.

In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy.

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.

If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.