Investor quotes

Discover wise and insightful quotes on investing, finance, and wealth management from successful investors around the world.

Never test the depth of a river with both feet.

- Warren Buffett

Collecting airline miles is coupon-clipping for the middle class.

- Naval Ravikant

You can escape competition through authenticity, when you realize that no one can compete with you on being you.

- Naval Ravikant

The most interesting and dangerous people are directed, with purpose.

- Naval Ravikant

I have learned that when you've done your homework, once you recognize that supply and demand are totally out of whack, and you make your move, you are definitely going to get very lucky.

- Jim Rogers

Those who can not adjust to change will be swept aside by it. Those who recognize change and react accordingly will benefit.

- Jim Rogers

Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.

- Jim Rogers

Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.

- Jim Rogers

Lady Luck smiles on those who continue their efforts.

- Jim Rogers

If everyone saw himself as a citizen of the world rather than of his town, city or country, the world would be a more peaceful, better place where success in all forms is abundant and available to all.

- Jim Rogers

If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!

- Jim Rogers

You have to love what you do, whether it be gardening, hairdressing, etc. When you love it, then the money follows. Even if it doesn’t, you will still be happy. Being happy and poor is better than being unhappy and poor.

- Jim Rogers

The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.

- Jim Rogers

The last leg of a bull market always ends in hysteria; the last leg of a bear market always ends in panic.

- Jim Rogers

The key is to make your clients money. If you have a good track record, people will find you and knock on your door.

- Jim Rogers

The biggest public fallacy is that the market is always right. The market is nearly always wrong. I can assure you of that.

- Jim Rogers

Teach your children or your grandchildren Chinese. It is going to be the most important language of their lifetimes.

- Jim Rogers

Sometimes I think our central bank will keep printing money till we run out of trees.

- Jim Rogers

One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing is to do nothing, absolutely nothing, unless there is something to do. I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up. I wait for a situation that is like the proverbial shooting fish in a barrel.

- Jim Rogers

Nearly every time I strayed from the herd, I've made a lot of money. Wandering away from the action is the way to find the new action.

- Jim Rogers