Warren Buffett on Work Quotes

"Our favorite holding period is forever."

"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute."

"I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me."

"Do business with people you like and who share your values."

"Working with people who cause your stomach to churn is like marrying for money. It is probably a bad idea under any circumstances, but if you are already rich, it is madness."

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

"You can't make a good deal with a bad person."

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

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

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

"Keep things simple and don't swing for the fences."

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

"If you're in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%."

"You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong."

"Intensity is the price of excellence."

"Writing a check doesn’t require any talent; managing a business does."

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

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."

"In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love."

"I tap dance to work."

"There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult."

"Look for three things in a person: intelligence, energy, and integrity. If they don't have the last one, don't even bother with the first two."

"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

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

"Without passion, you don't have energy. Without energy, you have nothing."

"The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging."

"The best investment you can make is in yourself."

"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction."

"The stock market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient."

"Never ask a barber if you need a haircut."

"The business schools reward complex difficult behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective."

"The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard."

"Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble."