Someone will always be getting richer faster than you. This is not a tragedy.
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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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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Why should it be easy to do something that, if done well, two or three times, will make your family rich for life?
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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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I try to get rid of people who always confidently answer questions about which they don’t have any real knowledge.
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Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.
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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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Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.
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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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To me, it’s obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It’s been obvious to me since very early in life. I don’t know why it’s not obvious to very many other people.
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Three rules for a career: 1) Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself; 2) Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire; and 3) Work only with people you enjoy.
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I’m right, and you’re smart, and sooner or later you’ll see I’m right.
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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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Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
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A foreign correspondent, after talking to me for a while, once said: “You don’t seem smart enough to be so good at what you’re doing. Do you have an explanation?”
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I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody’s that smart.
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