How to Change
Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.
Don’t Badmouth
Don’t badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn’t say to him.
Main Purpose in Life
You must acknowledge deep in your heart of hearts that people are supposed to fuck. It is our main purpose...
The Next Great Thing
If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it’s worth — and get busy on the...
The First Step is the Hardest One
I think this is the start of something really big. Sometimes that first step is the hardest one, and we’ve...
Rub Your Nose in Mistakes
Since mistakes of omission don’t appear in the financial statements, most people don’t pay attention to them. We rub our...
Making Money with Good Ethics
I’m proud to be associated with the value system at Berkshire Hathaway; I think you’ll make more money in the...
Master the Best
I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t believe in...
Do It for the Right Reasons
I was worth about over a million dollars when I was 23 and over ten million dollars when I was...
Heaviness vs. Lightness
The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It...
Missing Out on Opportunity
Missing out on some opportunity never bothers us. What’s wrong with someone getting a little richer than you? It’s crazy...
Meeting Towering Intellectuals
I met the towering intellectuals in books, not in the classroom, which is natural. I can’t remember when I first...
A Contributor to Capitalism
I think the notion that liquidity of tradable common stock is a great contributor to capitalism is mostly twaddle. The...
Swimming Against the Current
We’re emphasizing the knowable by predicting how certain people and companies will swim against the current. We’re not predicting the...
Master Time
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish...
Determine Your Income
Your income right now is a result of your standards, it is not the industry, it is not the economy.
Create a Vision
Create a vision and never let the environment, other people’s beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in...
Power Over You
Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts.
Definition of Success
Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much...
Master a Single Area
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources...
Get What You Deserve
If you don’t set a baseline standard for what you’ll accept in life, you’ll find it’s easy to slip into...
Be Certain
If you believe you are right, or you believe you are wrong, you’re right. Whenever you are certain about it,...
Your Unlimited Power
It’s your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your...
Effective Communication
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use...
The Power of Decision
Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part...
Our View of Who We Are
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Create a Meaning That Empowers
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any...
Goals That Inspire
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals — that is, goals that do not inspire them.
What Gives Meaning
It is not what we get. But who we become and what we contribute that gives meaning to our lives.
Make Your Life a Masterpiece
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who...
How to Be Successful
If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do...
The Source of True Fulfillment
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.
