Need a little pick-me-up when it comes to finances and investing? Here are a few quotes that can provide you the inspiration needed to get back into the game.
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1. An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
-Benjamin Franklin
2. Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don’t lump yourself with capital investment.
-Ann Macbeth
3. But a lot of businesses out there don’t see the return on investment, they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it’s still a hard sell for people.
-Kevin Mitnick
4. But if you look at teams that want to share more revenues, they’re teams that don’t have a lot on the table. They’ve long since not had any serious investment in their team.
-Jerry Jones
5. Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful”.
-Warren Buffett
6. We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
-Warren Buffett
7. I rarely think the market is right. I believe non dividend stocks aren’t much more than baseball cards. They are worth what you can convince someone to pay for it.
-Mark Cuban
8. The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. This means that he should be able to justify every purchase he makes and each price he pays by impersonal, objective reasoning that satisfies him that he is getting more than his money’s worth for his purchase.
-Benjamin Graham
9. I have a problem with too much money. I can’t reinvest it fast enough, and because I reinvest it, more money comes in. Yes, the rich do get richer.
-Robert Kiyosaki
10. In this business if you’re good, you’re right six times out of ten. You’re never going to be right nine times out of ten.
-Peter Lynch
11. Go for a business that any idiot can run – because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.
-Peter Lynch
12. You just have to be opportunistic, and try to figure out what creates value where the bottom is, what creates incremental value, and in what combination.
-John Malone
13. Understanding how to be a good investor makes you a better business manager and vice versa.
-Charlie Munger
14. Many of the biggest and most far-reaching investments we make in our lives are investments that have little or nothing to do with money.
-Daniel Quinn
15. When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company?
-Rene Rivkin
16. There are no rules about investment. Sharks can be good. Artist’s dung can be good. Oil on canvas can be good.
-Charles Saatchi
17. Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.
-Sanjay Kumar
18. It’s one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment.
-Henry Kravis
19. Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment.
-Arthur C. Nielsen
20. Real economic stimulus comes from real investment.
-Tim Bishop?
What are your favorite investing quotes?
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