Charlie Munger Quotes

Are you looking to read some famous Charlie Munger quotes? Charlie Munger is a successful investor, and he is Warren Buffett’s business partner and a very smart man. On this page you can find inspirational quotes by Charlie Munger.

The best quotes by Charlie Munger

The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.

The big money is not in the buying and the selling, but in the waiting.

Those who keep learning, will keep rising in life.

People calculate too much and think too little.

There is now more money to be made from law, but less time to enjoy it.

Always take the high road, it’s far less crowded.

You need patience, discipline, and an ability to take losses and adversity without going crazy.

Take a simple idea and take it seriously.

It’s not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.

We have three baskets for investing: yes, no and too tough to understand.

What good is envy? It’s the one sin you can’t have any fun at.

Wall Street has too much wealth and political power.

Is there such thing as a cheerful pessimist? That’s what I am.

It takes character to sit there with all that cash and do nothing. I didn’t get to where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.

Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.

Assume life will be really tough, and than ask if you can handle it. If the answer is yes, you’ve won.

A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price.

To say that derivative accounting is a sewer is an insult to sewage.

I have nothing to add.

If you keep learning all the time you have a huge advantage.

I would rather throw a viper down my shirtfront than hire a compensation consultant.

Three rules for a career: Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself. Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire. Work only with people you enjoy.

Everywhere there is a large commission, there is a high probability of a rip-off.

Knowing that you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant.

If you want to guarantee yourself a life of misery, marry somebody with the idea of changing them.

You don’t have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long time.

I’m not entitled to have an opinion unless I can state the arguments agains my position better than the people who are in opposition. I think that I am qualified to speak only when I’ve reached that state.

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