10 Must-Read Warren Buffett Quotes

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

“You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.”

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

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

“Money will not change how healthy you are or how many people love you.”

“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.”

“If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.”

“Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.”

"Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years."

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