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# long-term17 quotes

LONG-TERM

Our favorite holding period is forever.

long-termbuy-and-holdBerkshire Hathaway Annual Letter, 1988

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

compoundinglong-termWidely attributed

The single greatest edge an investor can have is a long-term orientation in a market dominated by short-term thinking.

long-termpatienceBaupost Letter, 2012

Our five-year time horizon is what separates us from Wall Street. They can't see past the next quarter. We're looking at where industries will be in 2030.

innovationlong-termBloomberg Interview, 2021

Time in the market beats timing the market. I know everyone says it. Everyone says it because it keeps being true.

long-termpatienceYouTube Channel, 2020

Generational wealth does not get built in one generation by accident. It gets built intentionally, one investment at a time.

generational-wealthlong-termThe Market Maker Platform, 2022

The question is not whether Bitcoin will succeed. The question is how long it will take.

bitcoinconvictionThe Pomp Podcast, 2019

In the short run, the market is a voting machine. In the long run, it is a weighing machine.

investinglong-termShareholder letter, 2004

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.

technologylong-termThe Road Ahead, 1995

Most people overestimate what they can do in a week and underestimate what they can do in a decade.

long-termpatienceSocial media, 2017

I think about businesses the way a farmer thinks about land — something you acquire, improve, and hold for generations.

The big money is not in the buying and selling but in the waiting.

patienceinvestingInvestED Podcast

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten.

patiencelong-termBlog posts

The best investment strategy is the one you can actually stick with for 20 years.

patiencedisciplineDr Wealth

Most investing courses in Asia teach you how to trade. I want to teach you how to build wealth.

educationwealth-buildingSpeaking engagements

We chose to be the regulated exchange when it was the hard path. Now it's the only path.

regulationstrategyBrian Armstrong, shareholder letter

NFTs aren't going away. The speculation might cool down — it already has — but the technology of provable digital ownership is permanent. We're building for the long term, not the hype cycle.

nftlong-termDevin Finzer, company blog, 2023