100 Best Warren Buffett Quotes On Business Wisdom

Few people have shared as much practical wisdom about money and decision-making as Warren Buffett.

His quotes are famously simple but packed with meaning.

This collection brings together his best insights on investing, business judgment, and long-term thinking.

Top Warren Buffett Quotes

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

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

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.

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

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

The most important investment you can make is in yourself.

I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.

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.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

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

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

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

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

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

You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out.

If you aren’t willing to own a stock for 10 years, don’t even think about owning it for 10 minutes.

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

Predicting rain doesn’t count. Building arks does.

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

Investment Wisdom Quotes

Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1. ~ Warren Buffett

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. ~ Warren Buffett

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. ~ Warren Buffett

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ~ Warren Buffett

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

The most important investment you can make is in yourself. ~ Warren Buffett

I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy. ~ Warren Buffett

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. ~ Warren Buffett

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. ~ Warren Buffett

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything. ~ Warren Buffett

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong. ~ Warren Buffett

Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people. ~ Warren Buffett

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes. ~ Warren Buffett

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. ~ Warren Buffett

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute. ~ Warren Buffett

You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out. ~ Warren Buffett

If you aren’t willing to own a stock for 10 years, don’t even think about owning it for 10 minutes. ~ Warren Buffett

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

Predicting rain doesn’t count. Building arks does. ~ Warren Buffett

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. ~ Warren Buffett

Value Investing Quotes

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. ~ Warren Buffett

It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. ~ Warren Buffett

Our favorite holding period is forever. ~ Warren Buffett

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing. ~ Warren Buffett

If you aren’t willing to own a stock for 10 years, don’t even think about owning it for 10 minutes. ~ Warren Buffett

The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient. ~ Warren Buffett

Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. ~ Warren Buffett

The best chance to deploy capital is when things are going down. ~ Warren Buffett

I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years. ~ Warren Buffett

The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage. ~ Warren Buffett

Never invest in a business you cannot understand. ~ Warren Buffett

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. ~ Warren Buffett

Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years. ~ Warren Buffett

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. ~ Warren Buffett

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

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble. ~ Warren Buffett

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. ~ Warren Buffett

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. ~ Warren Buffett

The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble… We want to buy them when they’re on the operating table. ~ Warren Buffett

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ. ~ Warren Buffett

Business Acumen Quotes

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. ~ Warren Buffett

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything. ~ Warren Buffett

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

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong. ~ Warren Buffett

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. ~ Warren Buffett

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. ~ Warren Buffett

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

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. ~ Warren Buffett

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. ~ Warren Buffett

Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln’s favorite riddles: ‘How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg?’ The answer: ‘Four, because calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg’. ~ Warren Buffett