A library of wisdom
Quotes — every concept, every voice
622 hand-picked quotes from the world's wisdom traditions, each linked to its source concept. Filter by concept below, or scroll through the whole library.
“Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.”
“Price is what you pay; value is what you get.”
“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.”
“If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.”
“The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.”
“Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome.”
“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid.”
“Take a simple idea and take it seriously.”
“Seek wealth, not money or status.”
“You're not going to get rich renting out your time.”
“Specific knowledge is found by pursuing your genuine curiosity and passion rather than whatever is hot right now.”
“Earn with your mind, not your time.”
“The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.”
“It is not how much money you make, but how much money you keep.”
“An asset puts money in your pocket. A liability takes money out.”
“The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind.”
“Doing well with money has little to do with how smart you are.”
“The most important variable in long-term wealth-building is patience.”
“Compounding is the most boring and the most lucrative thing in finance — those two facts are not unrelated.”
“Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack.”
“The two greatest enemies of the equity fund investor are expenses and emotions.”
“Money is what we trade our life energy for.”
“Financial independence is the experience of having enough — and then some.”
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.”
“A penny saved is a penny earned.”
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn't, pays it.”
“Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital.”
“Know what you own, and know why you own it.”
“It's not what you make, it's what you keep that matters.”