All the time and effort people devote to picking the right fund, the hot hand, the great manager have, in most cases, led to no advantage.

It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it, which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.

Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.

Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.

Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon

When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom.

Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.

You only need a few good stocks in your lifetime. I mean how many times do you need a stock to go up ten-fold to make a lot of money? Not a lot.

Know what you own, and know why you own it.

The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.

Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished

That’s why it’s difficult to write about your own life. Any distortion feels like a betrayal.

Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like Ebony and Jet magazines.

There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

Remember it's OK to be yourself.

The more you strive and search for happiness, the more you overlook the possibility that it is here already.

The secret of freedom, courage.

I don't like all this talking in the press.

Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.