Top 13 Warren Buffett Quotes

Warren Buffett Quotes

Warren Buffett the Oracle of Omaha on Investing and Stocks

1. "Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1"


2. "Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful."


3. "It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a
   wonderful price."


4. “You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.”


5. "Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing."


6. "I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will."


7. "I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over."


8. "Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it."


9. "Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can’t buy what is popular and do well."


10. "Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results."


11. "I like to go for cinches. I like to shoot fish in a barrel. But I like to do it after the water has run out."


12. "Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."


13. "If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes. "

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