Welcome to the world of investing, where wisdom and insight from seasoned veterans can often illuminate the path to financial success. Investing isn’t merely about numbers and charts; it’s also about the mindset, strategies, and timeless principles that guide investors through the ever-changing landscape of markets. Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just dipping your toes into the realm of financial markets, investing quotes offer invaluable nuggets of wisdom that can inspire, educate, and motivate.
These quotes come from a diverse array of voices: legendary investors, renowned economists, and financial gurus who have weathered the storms of market volatility and emerged victorious. Their words encapsulate years of experience, distilled into succinct aphorisms that capture the essence of investing philosophy. From Warren Buffett’s timeless advice on patience and discipline to Peter Lynch’s insights on understanding the companies you invest in, these quotes serve as beacons of guidance in an often complex and unpredictable world.
Below, you’ll find a curated collection of investing quotes that encapsulate the wisdom of the ages. Feel free to copy them, pair them with striking imagery, or adorn them with stylish fonts to create your own visual reminders of the principles that underpin successful investing. Let these quotes serve as both a source of inspiration and a guiding light on your journey toward financial prosperity.
Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others. John Maynard Keynes
In investing, you get what you don’t pay for. Costs matter. So intelligent investors will use low-cost index funds to build a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds, and they will stay the course. And they won’t be foolish enough to think that they can consistently outsmart the market. John C. Bogle
The stock market is a giant distraction from the business of investing. John C. Bogle
Investing is a virtuous habit best started as early as possible. John C. Bogle
Part of the game of investing is to come into your own. You must find some way that perfectly fits your personality because there is some element of a zero sum game in investing. If you buy, somebody else has to sell. And when you sell, somebody has to buy. You can’t both be right. Li Lu
The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition. Ridley Scott
Employers who recognize the importance of investing in their workforce have a more productive workforce, a more efficient workforce, a more loyal workforce, less turnover, and, in the private sector, more profitable. Valerie Jarrett
The need to go digital remains a top priority for clients, and we are investing aggressively to drive innovation and deliver digital transformation. Pierre Nanterme
I’m always investing. I’m constantly in talks with someone about some opportunity. Xavier Niel
When it comes to investing, you are your own worst enemy. Barry Ritholtz
Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing. John D. Rockefeller
Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. Bob Parsons
Our approach to continuously investing in the scales and capabilities of our people helps us meet the needs of our clients and enhances our ability to attract the very best talent in our industry. Pierre Nanterme
Uncle Matheson and my father would frequently argue long into the night about politics. Like me, he was all about socialism, togetherness and investing in people, whereas Matheson, to this day, holds very strong conservative views. Robson Green
Investing in health will produce enormous benefits. Gro Harlem Brundtland
The fact that ‘Mom’ is not joke, joke, joke – and is investing in these characters and their lives, things that really happen to people – I think it’s resonating, and that’s why people are tuning into it and not just dismissing it as a multi-cam sitcom. Allison Janney
When it comes to investing, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all portfolio. Barry Ritholtz
During the Enron debacle, it was workers who took the pounding, not bankers. Not only did Enron employees lose their jobs, many lost their retirement savings. That’s because they were at the bottom of the investing food chain. Robert Kiyosaki
One of the first things I tell people is, if you want to learn about investing, you want to open an account and make real investments because that’s when it becomes real. Mohnish Pabrai
If you’re investing in a company in the Bitcoin economy, you have to compare the valuation of the company to the valuation of the entire economy. Naval Ravikant
I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America. Corrine Brown
The game of investing is a process of discovering who you are, what you’re interested in, what you’re good at, what you love to do, then magnifying that until you gain a sizable edge over all the other people. Li Lu
If I’m going to make something in the kitchen, even if it’s something as simple as a sandwich, I will take the extra time to make it a great sandwich instead of just an average sandwich. I don’t mind investing a little extra work to make something special. Kyle MacLachlan
I like Burton Malkiel’s ‘A Random Walk Down Wall Street.’ He comes to the same conclusion that I do – that indexing is the way. My ‘Little Book of Common Sense Investing’ says pretty much the same thing. John C. Bogle
All throughout my life I have been deeply immersed in startups, either because I was running one or investing in them or helping them. Sam Altman
It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration. Bernie Sanders
Investing is about predicting the future, and the future is inherently unpredictable. Therefore, the only way you can do better is to assess all the facts and truly know what you know and know what you don’t know. That’s your probability edge. Li Lu
While digital wallets are paving the way for the future of payments, you still need to assess whether or not they’ll work for your business. If your target audience are less tech-savvy or you’re primarily a cash-only business, it may not be worth investing too much into accepting digital payments. John Rampton
Leadership is not about you; it’s about investing in the growth of others. Ken Blanchard
Unilever, Nestle and SAB Miller are all taking a long-term approach to investing in sustainable resource consumption. Each is driving through better resource management, which is expected to yield positive returns in the future. Jacob Rothschild
Investing in a poker game and investing in stocks, at least the way I do it, it’s a very similar skillset. David Einhorn
Johnny Walker is the man the UFC wants to win, they’re investing in him, they want him to get to the top and my job is to stop that from happening. Corey Anderson
I’m investing in electric utility stocks because I think electric cars are going to be really big. And I have a little bit of money invested in copper because electric cars use a lot more copper than regular cars. Carl Nassib
Investing is about making probabilistic decisions with limited information about an unknowable future. The variables are well known, as are the possible outcomes. Barry Ritholtz
Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future. Ahmed Zewail
You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future. Reid Hoffman
In recent years, America’s wealthiest man has begun to tackle energy issues in a major way, investing millions in everything from high-capacity batteries to machines that can scrub carbon dioxide out of the air. With a personal fortune of $50 billion, Gates has the resources to give his favorite solutions a major boost. Jeff Goodell
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone. Sigmund Freud
Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well. Bill Gates
Media gatekeepers – editors, publishers, film studios and the like – need to begin investing in talent behind the scenes, developing and resourcing marginalized voices to tell their own stories. At the end of the day, it’s about the story and what will enable the audience to truly see, understand, and know the life and times of the subject. Janet Mock
Going through chemo is like investing money in a retirement account. You feel the hit right now, but later in life you get to reap the benefits – by still being alive. Regina Brett
I’m a very practical, pragmatic capitalist. I was trained at Goldman Sachs. I went to Harvard Business School. I was as hard-nosed a capitalist as you get. I specialized in media, in investing in media companies, and it’s a very, very tough environment. Steve Bannon
Investing is not nearly as difficult as it looks. Successful investing involves doing a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes. John C. Bogle
Investing in women’s lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations – and consequently in our own long-term national interests. Liya Kebede
We talk about long-term patient investing, and that idea that slow and steady does win the race, that time can be your best friend when it comes to investing. That’s why we have a turtle as a logo at Ariel. Mellody Hobson
Democrats are going to proudly run on the fact that we turned the economy around. It was our policies under President Obama’s leadership through the Recovery Act, through investing in the automobile industry. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
For most people, attaining the intellectual clarity and emotional detachment that investing requires is tough. Guy Spier
Transformation in the world happens when people are healed and start investing in other people. Michael W. Smith
It’s about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention. Jane Fonda
When ministers in this government talk about investing in education and skills, about making the planning system work; about employment law reform and delivering transport and power generation and broadband communication infrastructure, we are talking about raising Britain’s productivity. Philip Hammond
As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very easy and safe and that you’re a financial genius. Ron Chernow
Ultimately, I’m in the fitness industry. But, I’ve branched out from there quite a bit. I began doing consulting on writing and getting published in magazines in about 2011. Right around that time, I started doing some angel investing and looking to grow my skills and general experience outside of that. John Romaniello
Instead of trying to get work, focus on your network. People will play a huge part in directing your growth and investing in relationships is critical no matter what you want to do. Jay Shetty
Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right. Bill Ackman
The grim irony of investing is that we investors as a group not only don’t get what we pay for, we get precisely what we don’t pay for. John C. Bogle
We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. Barack Obama
Dad had great people investing in his life at a young age. His mother, his stepfather, his Boy Scout leader, his football coach. That’s where integrity is planted, like seeds that are harvested later. Steven Ford
The reason we have so much talent in Silicon Valley building and investing in for-profit technology companies is that markets richly reward successful ideas, no matter who invents them. But to remain competitive in a free market, companies must exercise discipline to meet quantitative goals and eventually become cashflow positive. Joe Lonsdale
My original intent for investing into Sprint – the main strategy was to buy Sprint and T-Mobile at the same time, so we’d have a critical mass to fight against AT&T and Verizon. The U.S. government didn’t accept that. They rejected it. So my fundamental strategy was broken. Masayoshi Son
Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now. Jackie Speier
‘Ick investing’ means taking a special analytical interest in stocks that inspire a first reaction of ‘ick.’ I tend to become interested in stocks that by their very names or circumstances inspire unwillingness – and an ‘ick’ accompanied by a wrinkle of the nose on the part of most investors to delve any further. Michael Burry
When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish. Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that. Nick Saban
People who lie to themselves about investing are the same as overweight people who blame their genes for their obesity. Robert Kiyosaki
There is no such thing as a value trap. There are investing mistakes. Mohnish Pabrai
Making money from enforcing patents is no more wrong than investing in preferred stock. Nathan Myhrvold
It’s a funny thing: my name in Arabic means hope, so I suppose I have to live by that principle. Hope is desire, feeling, and investing in a projection of something that doesn’t yet exist. At its best, you witness its alchemy in your life, turning something that was once in the mind into reality. At its worst, it’s delusion. Aml Ameen
Investing in women and girls may once have been considered a radical notion or even a waste of resources, but in most places in the world today, women and girls are increasingly recognized as a critical link to greater prosperity, political stability, better health and public policy. Pat Mitchell
Over the long term, the only way we’re going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people – especially their educations. Robert Reich
You, your employer and your plan’s investment managers fail to follow even the most basic rules of investing. You overtrade, chase performance, do not think long term. All of you – All Of You – have done a horrible job managing your retirement plans. Barry Ritholtz
We can find a great sector or business, but we’re investing so early that unless there’s this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability to evolve, it won’t work. Dan Levitan
If a product’s future is unlikely to be remarkable – if you can’t imagine a future in which people are once again fascinated by your product – it’s time to realize that the game has changed. Instead of investing in a dying product, take profits and reinvest them in building something new. Seth Godin
The threat from extreme weather events highlights the importance of investing in preparedness. Sheri Fink
For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you’re telling a story worth telling, it’s worth investing the time into developing. Danny Pino
Well, the most important thing in investing is to know what you’re investing in, and if you’re confident in the outcome, it’s important to stay true to your position. John Paulson
Mutual funds were created to make investing easy, so consumers wouldn’t have to be burdened with picking individual stocks. Scott Cook
Meetings are the linchpin of everything. If someone says you have an hour to investigate a company, I wouldn’t look at the balance sheet. I’d watch their executive team in a meeting for an hour. If they are clear and focused and have the board on the edge of their seats, I’d say this is a good company worth investing in. Patrick Lencioni
I believe that investing in our children’s development from the earliest age is the single most important contribution we can make to the health and wellbeing of our citizens, their capacity and the future prosperity of our state. Jay Weatherill
The press is still investing itself, it seems to me, in a sort of cynicism. It comes out better for them if they can predict hard times, bogging down, sniping, attrition. Christopher Hitchens
Investing is about intellectual honesty. You want to know what you know. You want to know, mostly, what you don’t know. Li Lu
I think people underrate the importance of investing in your communication skills as a way to progress in your career. Julie Sweet
Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and routines that let you scale the business and team as efficiently as possible. Fred Wilson
Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent and rational investing. Barry Ritholtz
Successful investing is all about common sense. John C. Bogle
The culture of the mutual fund industry, when I came into it in 1951, was pretty much a culture of fiduciary duty and investment, with funds run by investment professionals. The firm I worked with, Wellington Management Co., they had one fund. That was very typical in the industry… investment professionals focused on long-term investing. John C. Bogle
Vanguard never would have happened if I hadn’t been fired as CEO of Wellington Management Company, the firm that did the investing for the Wellington fund and eight sister funds. John C. Bogle
I’ve always loved to play games, and face it: investing is one big game. You need to be decisive, open-minded, flexible and competitive. Stanley Druckenmiller
How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. Robert G. Allen
You see countries like India really investing in their space program because they see it as inspirational and good for their economy. Ellen Stofan
After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. Calvin Coolidge
Learn to invest in investments where you can achieve an honest, legal advantage over other investors. When it comes to investing, why play on a level field? Robert Kiyosaki
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we spent as much energy investing in experiences as we do investing in things? Ruzwana Bashir
Investing in your long-term health means cultivating the skills to prepare your own meals, developing healthy eating habits and a willingness to make time to exercise. The earlier you embrace these habits, the healthier you will be in your 50s, 60s and beyond. Jason Whitlock
Every day we are paying more for energy than we should due to poor insulation, inefficient lights, appliances, and heating and cooling equipment – money we could save by investing in energy efficiency. Bernie Sanders
I think that survivorship bias, the survivorship bias is something I’m very acutely familiar with because of investing. Tim Ferriss
You can’t attain anything without investing time. Koena Mitra
Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas. Paul Samuelson
Not only does investing in your infrastructure provide very good construction jobs, at the end of the project, you have something. Shelley Berkley
As a professional services company, our people ultimately make the difference in delivering high-quality services to clients. This is why we are so focused on attracting the best people and investing to further develop their skills. Pierre Nanterme
I’m investing. I’m taking a lot of bitcoin, selling it as the price goes up, and putting it into real estate. Because then if bitcoin goes to zero – which, it’s an experiment, it could – I won’t be on the street. Charlie Shrem
In the world of money and investing, you must learn to control your emotions. Robert Kiyosaki
