“ Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ”

“ If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. ”

“ We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest. ”

“ If you aren't thinking about owning a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes. ”

“ Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving. ”

“ I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life. ”

“ I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. ”

“ Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being. ”

“ It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required. ”

“ I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. ”

“ I had a veritable mania for finishing whatever I began, which often got me into difficulties. On one occasion I started to read the works of Voltaire when I learned, to my dismay, that there were close on one hundred large volumes in small print which that monster had written while drinking seventy-two cups of black coffee per diem. It had to be done, but when I laid aside the last book I was very glad, and said, “Never more! ”

“ The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing. ”