Investing Quotes

I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using other people's money. I don't think that's right. I'm not going to ask other people to invest in something if I'm not prepared to do so myself.

When you look at what was happening with e-commerce and how big that was going to become, there's the big wave of India, there's the big wave of e-commerce, and then there's the question of, "Is this the brand to invest in?". We developed this confidence in that team, and so far we've been proven to be right about that.

Ten years ago, we committed to investing in our associates through higher wages, new training opportunities, and changes to our scheduling and education programs. It was a step grounded in the belief that putting people first is always the right thing to do. These investments sparked momentum in our stores that we still see and feel today.

Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. If you've got talents, no one can take them from you.

Sound investing can make you very wealthy if you're not in too big a hurry.

A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem.

Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

It is more important to say "no" to an opportunity, than to say "yes".

All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies.

The gross profits in many workouts appear quite small. It's a little like looking for parking meters with some time left on them. However, the predictability coupled with a short holding period produces quite decent average annual rates of return after allowance for the occasional substantial loss.

The greater the potential for reward in the value portfolio, the less risk there is.

The best education you can get is investing in yourself, and that doesn't mean college or university.

It's not that I want money. It's the fun of making money and watching it grow.

We're perfectly willing to trade away a big payoff for a certain payoff.

The smartest side to take in a bidding war is the losing side.

Gold has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative.

Ignore the stock market, ignore the economy, and buy a business you understand.

Always invest for the long term.

You can be sure that over the next 10 years, you'll see something that you did not think was possible.

Our favorite holding period is forever.