Do not take yearly results too seriously. Instead, focus on four or five-year averages.
Warren BuffettWe all make mistakes. If you can't make mistakes, you can't make decisions. I've made a lot bigger mistakes myself.
Warren BuffettThis country is going - be living better ten years from now than it is now. It will be living better in 20 years from now than ten years from now. The ingredients that made this country, you know, the miracle of the world - I mean we had a seven for one improvement in the average American standard of living in the 20th century.
Warren BuffettNever count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.
Warren Buffett