Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.
CHARLIE MUNGERWhen you locate a bargain, you must ask, ‘Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?’
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.
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Move only when you have an advantage. It’s very basic. You have to understand the odds and have the discipline to bet only when the odds are in your favor.
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Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.
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If you don’t allow for self-serving bias in the conduct of others, you are, again, a fool.
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How do you compete against a true fanatic? You can only try to build the best possible moat and continuously attempt to widen it.
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The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.
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Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it’s you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.
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It’s waiting that helps you as an investor, and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you didn’t get the deferred-gratification gene, you’ve got to work very hard to overcome that.
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Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.
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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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When you locate a bargain, you must ask, ‘Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?’
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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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Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.
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It takes character to sit there with all that cash and do nothing. I didn’t get to where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.
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You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best loved ideas.
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