I’m not entitled to have an opinion unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people who are in opposition. I think that I am qualified to speak only when I’ve reached that state.
CHARLIE MUNGERSpend 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.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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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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Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.
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A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price.
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We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric.
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I think that, every time you saw the word EBITDA, you should substitute the word “bullshit” earnings.
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Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.
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If you can buy the best companies, over time the pricing takes care of itself.
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The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
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In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time – none … ZERO.
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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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Great investing requires a lot of delayed gratification.
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The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.
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The average result has to be the average result. By definition, everybody can’t beat the market. As I always say, the iron rule of life is that only 20% of the people can be in the top fifth. That’s just the way it is.
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I don’t spend much time regretting the past, once I’ve taken my lesson from it. I don’t dwell on it.
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You’re looking for a mispriced gamble. That’s what investing is. And you have to know enough to know whether the gamble is mispriced. That’s value investing.
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