Warren Buffett Investment Quotations

If, when making a stock investment, you're not considering holding it at least ten years, don't waste more than ten minutes considering it.

The critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.

What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.

You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.

Beware [of] the investment activity that produces applause; the great moves are usually greeted by yawns.

It takes 150 years to build an investment bank and only five minutes to convince you to sell me preferred stock in it at a 10% interest rate.

I am not in the business of predicting general stock market of business fluctuations. If you think I can do this, or think it is essential to an investment program, you should not be in the partnership.

So if you are evaluating others (or yourself!) in the investment field, think out some standards - apply them - interpret them.

Market price, while used exclusively to value our investments in minority positions, is not a relevant factor when applied to our controlling interests.

We will prosper or suffer in controlled investments in relation to the operating performances of our businesses - we will not attempt to profit by playing various games in the securities markets.

Investment ideas, like women are often more exciting than punctual.

We make investment decisions based on our evaluation of the most profitable combination of probabilities.

Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk.

Investment must be rational; if you can't understand it, don't do it.

With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least ten per cent of your net worth in that stock

As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment to grow.

Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process.

The most important investment you can make is in yourself... nobody can tax it or take it away from you.

I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.

By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals.

Activity is the enemy of investment returns.

The greatest investment a young person can make is in their own education, in their own mind. Because money comes and goes. Relationships come and go. But what you learn once stays with you forever.

The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself...The more you learn, the more you'll earn.