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If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will w... by Warren Buffett

If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.

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The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself... The more you learn, the more you'll earn.

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Look for 3 things in a person. Intelligence, Energy, & Integrity.... by Warren Buffett

Look for 3 things in a person. Intelligence, Energy, & Integrity.

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Accounting is the language of business. by Warren Buffett

Accounting is the language of business.

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The greatest Enemies of the Equity investor are Expenses and Emot... by Warren Buffett

The greatest Enemies of the Equity investor are Expenses and Emotions.

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Occasionally, a man must rise above principles. by Warren Buffett

Occasionally, a man must rise above principles.

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Traditional wisdom is long on tradition and short on wisdom. by Warren Buffett

Traditional wisdom is long on tradition and short on wisdom.

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We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more dis... by Warren Buffett

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

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All I have to do is think and not be influenced by others. by Warren Buffett

All I have to do is think and not be influenced by others.

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Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

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Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left a... by Warren Buffett

Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.

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Possessing a powerful worldwide brand is essential for sustained success.

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Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the f... by Warren Buffett

Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

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If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your mone... by Warren Buffett

If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money.

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Very successful people say no to almost everything. by Warren Buffett

Very successful people say no to almost everything.

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Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds u... by Warren Buffett

Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up like compound interest.

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People will always try to stop you from doing the right thing if... by Warren Buffett

People will always try to stop you from doing the right thing if it is unconventional.

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The greatest investment a young person can make is in their own education, in their own mind. Because money comes and goes. Relationships come and go. But what you learn once stays with you forever.

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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. by Warren Buffett

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

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Never give up searching for the job that you’re passionate about. Try to find the job you’d have if you were independently rich. Forget about the pay. When you’re associating with the people that you love, doing what you love, it doesn’t get any better than that.

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