Warren Buffett

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."

"Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years."

"Our favorite holding period is forever."

"The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient."

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

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

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it."

"The more you learn, the more you earn."

"Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest."