The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.
CHARLIE MUNGERGreat investing requires a lot of delayed gratification.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
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Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.
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There’s no way that you can live an adequate life without many mistakes. In fact, one trick in life is to get so you can handle mistakes. Failure to handle psychological denial is a common way for people to go broke.
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Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
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I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.
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It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy.
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You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.
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A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.
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Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin to amount to something. This is such a no-brainer.
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Bull markets go to people’s heads. If you’re a duck on a pond, and it’s rising due to a downpour, you start going up in the world. But you think it’s you, not the pond.
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If you can buy the best companies, over time the pricing takes care of itself.
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There are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting. I remember when I wasn’t awash in cash — and I don’t want to go back.
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The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights And you’re probably not going to be smart enough to find thousands in a lifetime. And when you get a few, you really load up. It’s just that simple.
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People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.
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A lot of our respected financial institutions are just casinos in drag.
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