Warren Buffett

I measure success by how many people love me.

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.

If you are in a poker game and after 20 minutes you don’t know who the patsy is, then you’re the patsy.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.

Can you really explain to a fish what it’s like to walk on land? One day on land is worth a thousand years of talking about it, and one day running a business has exactly the same kind of value.

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

I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

We hear tears loudly on this side of Heaven. What we don’t take time to contemplate are the even louder cheers on the other side of death’s valley.

Someone has defined genius as intensity of purpose: the ability todo, the patience to wait. Put these together and you have achievement.

Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Some people make things happen, some people watch things happen, and some ask what happened.

I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow.’

I was in that part of the class that made the top half possible.

Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks.

Whether it’s eight o’clock in the morning or eight o’clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.