"There are 309 million people out there..." - Quote by Warren Buffett

“We all make mistakes. If you can't make mistakes, you can't make decisions. I've made a lot bigger mistakes myself.”

“I have always cautioned partners that I considered three years a minimum in determining whether we were "performing".”

“Games are won by players who focus on the playing field -- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.”

“Life is a great adventure…accept it in such a spirit.”

“You are here, and there is nothing to fear. Count your blessings and before you're finished counting, you"ll have even more”

“You are the makers of your own fortunes. You make yourselves suffer, you make good and evil, and it is you who put your hands before your eyes and say it is dark. Take your hands away and see the light.”

“Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant.”

“I think the fall from the farmer to the operative as great and memorable as that from the man to the farmer.”

“By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress would be widely celebrated, but in fact, Melinda and I are struck by how many people think the world is getting worse. The belief that the world can’t solve extreme poverty and disease isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful. That’s why in this year’s letter we take apart some of the myths that slow down the work. The next time you hear these myths, we hope you will do the same.”