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.
CHARLIE MUNGERIn my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time – none … ZERO.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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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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Common stock investors can make money by predicting the outcomes of practice evolution. You can’t derive this by fundamental analysis – you must think biologically.
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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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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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Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass.
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Step by step you get ahead, but rarely in fast spurts.
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Any year that you don’t destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year.
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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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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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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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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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People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.
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If you can buy the best companies, over time the pricing takes care of itself.
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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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