If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes. Put together a portfolio of companies whose aggregate earnings march upward over the years, and so also will the portfolio's market value.

A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

A Company should be viewed as an unfolding movie, not as a still photograph

During inflation, Goodwill is the gift that keeps on giving.

Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press

A home is one of the most important assets that most people will ever buy. Homes are also where memories are made and you want to work with someone you can trust.

We all make mistakes. If you can't make mistakes, you can't make decisions. I've made a lot bigger mistakes myself.