"You are lucky in life if you..." - Quote by Warren Buffett

“Paradoxically, when 'dumb' money acknowledges its limitations, it ceases to be dumb.”

“The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.”

“Anyone who believes a growth rate in excess of 15% per annum over the long term is attainable should pursue a career in sales, but avoid one in mathematics.”

“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”

“I think you should learn about writing from everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you”

“The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders.”

“So [Polaroid's Dr. Edwin] Land, at 75, went off to spend the remainder of his life doing pure science, trying to crack the code of color vision. The man is a national treasure. I don't understand why people like that can't be held up as models: This is the most incredible thing to be - not an astronaut, not a football player - but this.”

“Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.”

“If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves.”