Atheism is a cruel long term business, and I have gone through it to the end.Jean-Paul SartreCrueltyEndLong-term Share this
Let us not aspire to four-year goals but rather forty-year goals.Michael SkolnikAmbitionLong-termPerseverance Share this
Promotions are a short-term solution with dreadful long-term effects.Mike JeffriesLong-term Share this
Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.Gary HamelInnovationLong-term Share this
If you don’t feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don’t own it for 10 minutes.Warren BuffettComfortLong-termOwnership Share this
Do not take yearly results too seriously. Instead, focus on four or five-year averages.Warren BuffettConsistencyLong-termPerspective Share this
Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.Warren BuffettLong-termOwnershipValue Share this
What we really want to do is buy businesses that we would be happy to own forever.Warren BuffettInvestmentLong-termQuality Share this
…Next time you’re faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.Wendelin Van DraanenConsequencesEthicsLong-term Share this
Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.Jack WelchLong-termPlanning Share this
Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.Helen FisherGlobalizationLong-term Share this
Growth is a long term game, and the crappy days are more important.Georges St-PierreGrowthImportanceLong-term Share this
The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.James HansenLong-term Share this
Don’t invest to get rich quick, invest to get rich for sure.Grant CardoneLong-termPatienceSecurity Share this
Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon.Adam GrantEnduranceGenerosityLong-term Share this
For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes.John TempletonInvestingLong-term Share this
We over estimate technology in the short term and under estimate technology in the long term.Arthur C. ClarkeLong-termTechnology Share this
Stretch your goals… In other words, think big and think far off.Sara GennAmbitionGoalLong-term Share this
We buy expecting to hold a bond to maturity and a stock forever.Seth KlarmanInvestmentLong-termStrategy Share this
Over the long term, absent of other barriers, economics always win.Andy BechtolsheimEconomicsLong-term Share this
Don’t look for shortcuts, because they’ll only hurt you in the long run.Kathryn BudigCautionConsequencesLong-term Share this
Having a good constitution is far more important than having an immediate constitution.Kenneth M. PollackHealthImportanceLong-term Share this
Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don’t feed the economy in the long runJohn Warren KindtLong-term Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity