1,111 Quotes by Warren Buffett

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

To be successful, look for the job you will take if you don't need a job

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.

Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

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.

[I]magine that a 25-year-old first-year MBA student is considering merging his future economic interests with those of a 25-year-old day laborer. The MBA student, a non-earner, would find that a “share-for-share” merger of his equity interest in himself with that of the day laborer would enhance his near-term earnings (in a big way!). But what could be sillier for the student than a deal of this kind?

If you buy things you don't need, soon you will have to sell things you need.