“Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.”

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

The Happiest people do not necessarily have the best things. They simply appreciate the things they have.

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

People will always try to stop you from doing the right thing if it is unconventional.

I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.

We don’t get paid for being busy, we get paid for being right.

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational.

I never invest in anything that I don’t understand.

You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.

The secret to happiness is having low expectations.

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.

I am not a businessman, I am an artist.

It’s only when the tide goes out that you discover who’s been swimming naked.