{"id":483423,"date":"2025-12-31T23:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/483423\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T23:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:15:14","slug":"warren-buffett-quotes-on-life-and-investing-during-his-last-day-leading-berkshire-hathaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/483423\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Buffett quotes on life and investing during his last day leading Berkshire Hathaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) \u2014 The advice<\/a> that legendary investor Warren Buffett<\/a> offered on investing and life over the years helped earn him legions of followers who eagerly read his annual letters<\/a> and filled an arena in Omaha every year to listen to him at Berkshire Hathaway\u2019s annual meetings. <\/p>\n

Buffett\u2019s last day as CEO<\/a> is Wednesday after six decades of building up the Berkshire conglomerate. He\u2019ll remain chairman, but Greg Abel<\/a> will take over leadership.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a collection of some of Buffett\u2019s most famous quotes from over the years:<\/p>\n

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\u201cBe fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how Buffett summed up his investing approach of buying out-of-favor stocks and companies when they were selling for less than he estimated they were worth. <\/p>\n

He also urged investors to stick with industries they understand that fall within their \u201ccircle of competence\u201d and offered this classic maxim: \u201cRule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter they first obey all rules, I then want employees to ask themselves whether they are willing to have any contemplated act appear the next day on the front page of their local paper to be read by their spouses, children and friends with the reporting done by an informed and critical reporter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they follow this test, they need not fear my other message to them: Lose money for the firm and I will be understanding; lose a shred of reputation for the firm and I will be ruthless.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s the ethical standard Buffett explained to a Congressional committee in 1991 that he would apply as he cleaned up the Wall Street investment firm Salomon Brothers. He has reiterated the newspaper test many times since over the years.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many companies might do well when times are good and the economy is growing, but Buffett told investors that a crisis always reveals whether businesses are making sound decisions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWho you associate with is just enormously important. Don\u2019t expect that you\u2019ll make every decision right on that. But you are going to have your life progress in the general direction of the people you work with, that you admire, that become your friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buffett always told young people<\/a> that they should try to hang out with people who they feel are better than them because that will help improve their lives. He said that\u2019s especially true when choosing a spouse, which might be the most important decision in life. <\/p>\n

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\u201cOur unwavering conclusion: never bet against America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buffett has always remained steadfast in his belief in the American capitalist system. He wrote in 2021 that \u201cthere has been no incubator for unleashing human potential like America. Despite some severe interruptions, our country\u2019s economic progress has been breathtaking.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OMAHA, Neb. (AP) \u2014 The advice that legendary investor Warren Buffett offered on investing and life over the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":483424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21028,64,60,57,108426,59,181121,15226,3336,28597,61,67,132,68,4327],"class_list":{"0":"post-483423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-berkshire-hathaway","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-financial-services","11":"tag-general-news","12":"tag-greg-abel","13":"tag-inc","14":"tag-local-news-for-apple","15":"tag-ne-state-wire","16":"tag-nebraska","17":"tag-omaha","18":"tag-u-s-news","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-warren-buffett"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115816728192689189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}