12 February 2017
Famous Investment Quotes
General Investing Advice
1. “The markets generally are unpredictable, so that one has to have different scenarios. The idea that you can actually predict what’s going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.” – George Soros
2. “Bottoms in the investment world don’t end with four-year lows, they end with 10 or 15-year lows.” – Jim Rogers
3. “Everyone has the power to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth grade math, you can do it.” – Peter Lynch
4. “Historically, there has been a bull market in the commodities every 20 or 30 years.” – Jim Rogers
5. “I think you have to learn that there’s a company behind every stock and there’s only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.” – Peter Lynch
6. “Get inside information from the president and you will lose half of your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all your money.” – Jim Rogers
7. “I have found that when the market’s going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future, you will be happy. You won’t get there by reading. Now is the time to buy.” – Peter Lynch
8. “Index investing outperforms active management year after year.” – Jim Rogers
9. “The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you are not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible of company that can go bankrupt.” – Jim Rogers
10. “You get recession, you get stock market declines. If you don’t understand that’s going to happen, then you are not ready and you will not do well in the markets.” – Peter Lynch
Famous Investment Quotes: Financial and Investing Advice for Investors
11. “Tough times helped many commodities traders become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up.” – Jim Rogers
12. “To be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing. Winning and losing are just part of the game.” – Rich Dad
13. “Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy. Profit from folly rather than participate in it.” – Warren Buffett
14. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
15. “Most people give up just when they are about to achieve success. They quit on one yard line. They give up the at last minute of the game one foot from a winning touch down.” – Henry Ross Perot
16. “It’s never too late to learn.” – Malcolm Forbes
17. “You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out. You must learn to thrive on stress.” – J. Paul Getty
18. “I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground top.” – Jim Rogers
19. “I don’t think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.” – John D. Rockefeller
20. “My two rules of investing: Rule one – never lose money. Rule two – never forget rule one.” – Warren Buffett
21. “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” – Henry Ford
22. “Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.” – Ingvar Kamprad
23. “It is better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you will drift in that direction.” – Warren Buffett
24. “Commodities tend to zig, when the equity markets zag.” – Jim Rogers
25. “Do not but the hype from wall street and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.” – Jim Rogers
26. You can no longer buy commodities at Merrill Lynch. My guess is many analysts and even executives are too young to know how a hot commodities market can be. They will soon.” – Jim Rogers
27. “To learn new things; you might need to unlearn old thought and tricks. Both processes can never be achieved without humility.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
Investment Strategy
28. “Go for a business any idiot can run because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.” – Peter Lynch
29. “Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense to those who know what they are doing.” – Warren Buffet
30. “The wise man put all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.” – Andrew Carnegie
31. “Buy when everyone else is selling and hold when everyone else is buying. This is not merely a catchy slogan. It is the very essence of successful investments.” – J. Paul Getty
31 “A winning strategy must include losing.” – Rich Dad
32. “I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on assumption they could close the market the next day and not re-open it for five years.”
33. “The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.” – Andrew Carnegie
34. “Your greatest and most powerful business survival strategy is going to be the speed at which you handle the speed of change. That speed of change is trend.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
35. “To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. A time to plant and a time to harvest that; which is planted. A time to break down and a time to build up” – Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
36. “Go to the mouse you foolish investor and learn. A mouse never entrusts its life to only one hole.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
37. “When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I’ve bought stocks at $12 that went to $2 but then, they later go to $30. You just don’t know when you can find the bottom.” – Peter Lynch
38. “Many people rush into the game of investing thinking they are predators. When they get to the middle of the game, they then realize they are the prey and try to escape but it will be too late. Only the preys with a well defined exit strategy will escape, the rest will be slaughtered by the real predators.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
39. “Always start at the end before you begin. Professional investors always have an exit strategy before they invest. Knowing your exit strategy is an important investment fundamental.” – Rich Dad
Financial and Money Advice
40. “Although it’s easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket. It’s part ownership of a business.” – Peter Lynch
41. “At a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.” – Aristotle Onassis
42. “Business and financial intelligence are not picked up within the four walls of school. You pick them up on the streets. In school, you are taught how to manage other people’s money. On the streets, you are taught how to make money.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
43. “The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.” – Warren Buffett
44. “The philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left.” – Rich Dad
45. “Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.” – John D. Rockefeller
46. “Seek advice on risk from the wealthy who still take risks, not friends who dare nothing more than a football bet.” – J. Paul Getty
47. “Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.” – Warren Buffett
48. “Every few seconds it changes, up an eighth, down an eighth. It’s like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, i gain $20 million.” – Ted Turner
49. “Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.” – J. Paul Getty
50. “Wealth is only a benefit of the game of money. If you win, the money will be there.” – J. Paul Getty
51. “The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.” – Rich Dad
52. “If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.” – J. Paul Getty
53. “Financial leverage is the advantage the rich have over the poor and middle class.” – Rich Dad
1. “The markets generally are unpredictable, so that one has to have different scenarios. The idea that you can actually predict what’s going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.” – George Soros
2. “Bottoms in the investment world don’t end with four-year lows, they end with 10 or 15-year lows.” – Jim Rogers
3. “Everyone has the power to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth grade math, you can do it.” – Peter Lynch
4. “Historically, there has been a bull market in the commodities every 20 or 30 years.” – Jim Rogers
5. “I think you have to learn that there’s a company behind every stock and there’s only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.” – Peter Lynch
6. “Get inside information from the president and you will lose half of your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all your money.” – Jim Rogers
7. “I have found that when the market’s going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future, you will be happy. You won’t get there by reading. Now is the time to buy.” – Peter Lynch
8. “Index investing outperforms active management year after year.” – Jim Rogers
9. “The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you are not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible of company that can go bankrupt.” – Jim Rogers
10. “You get recession, you get stock market declines. If you don’t understand that’s going to happen, then you are not ready and you will not do well in the markets.” – Peter Lynch
Famous Investment Quotes: Financial and Investing Advice for Investors
11. “Tough times helped many commodities traders become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up.” – Jim Rogers
12. “To be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing. Winning and losing are just part of the game.” – Rich Dad
13. “Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy. Profit from folly rather than participate in it.” – Warren Buffett
14. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
15. “Most people give up just when they are about to achieve success. They quit on one yard line. They give up the at last minute of the game one foot from a winning touch down.” – Henry Ross Perot
16. “It’s never too late to learn.” – Malcolm Forbes
17. “You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out. You must learn to thrive on stress.” – J. Paul Getty
18. “I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground top.” – Jim Rogers
19. “I don’t think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.” – John D. Rockefeller
20. “My two rules of investing: Rule one – never lose money. Rule two – never forget rule one.” – Warren Buffett
21. “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” – Henry Ford
22. “Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.” – Ingvar Kamprad
23. “It is better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you will drift in that direction.” – Warren Buffett
24. “Commodities tend to zig, when the equity markets zag.” – Jim Rogers
25. “Do not but the hype from wall street and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.” – Jim Rogers
26. You can no longer buy commodities at Merrill Lynch. My guess is many analysts and even executives are too young to know how a hot commodities market can be. They will soon.” – Jim Rogers
27. “To learn new things; you might need to unlearn old thought and tricks. Both processes can never be achieved without humility.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
Investment Strategy
28. “Go for a business any idiot can run because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.” – Peter Lynch
29. “Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense to those who know what they are doing.” – Warren Buffet
30. “The wise man put all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.” – Andrew Carnegie
31. “Buy when everyone else is selling and hold when everyone else is buying. This is not merely a catchy slogan. It is the very essence of successful investments.” – J. Paul Getty
31 “A winning strategy must include losing.” – Rich Dad
32. “I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on assumption they could close the market the next day and not re-open it for five years.”
33. “The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.” – Andrew Carnegie
34. “Your greatest and most powerful business survival strategy is going to be the speed at which you handle the speed of change. That speed of change is trend.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
35. “To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. A time to plant and a time to harvest that; which is planted. A time to break down and a time to build up” – Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
36. “Go to the mouse you foolish investor and learn. A mouse never entrusts its life to only one hole.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
37. “When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I’ve bought stocks at $12 that went to $2 but then, they later go to $30. You just don’t know when you can find the bottom.” – Peter Lynch
38. “Many people rush into the game of investing thinking they are predators. When they get to the middle of the game, they then realize they are the prey and try to escape but it will be too late. Only the preys with a well defined exit strategy will escape, the rest will be slaughtered by the real predators.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
39. “Always start at the end before you begin. Professional investors always have an exit strategy before they invest. Knowing your exit strategy is an important investment fundamental.” – Rich Dad
Financial and Money Advice
40. “Although it’s easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket. It’s part ownership of a business.” – Peter Lynch
41. “At a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.” – Aristotle Onassis
42. “Business and financial intelligence are not picked up within the four walls of school. You pick them up on the streets. In school, you are taught how to manage other people’s money. On the streets, you are taught how to make money.” – Ajaero Tony Martins
43. “The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.” – Warren Buffett
44. “The philosophy of the rich and the poor is this: the rich invest their money and spend what is left. The poor spend their money and invest what is left.” – Rich Dad
45. “Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.” – John D. Rockefeller
46. “Seek advice on risk from the wealthy who still take risks, not friends who dare nothing more than a football bet.” – J. Paul Getty
47. “Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.” – Warren Buffett
48. “Every few seconds it changes, up an eighth, down an eighth. It’s like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, i gain $20 million.” – Ted Turner
49. “Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.” – J. Paul Getty
50. “Wealth is only a benefit of the game of money. If you win, the money will be there.” – J. Paul Getty
51. “The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.” – Rich Dad
52. “If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.” – J. Paul Getty
53. “Financial leverage is the advantage the rich have over the poor and middle class.” – Rich Dad
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