Subject: Re: OT I wish I knew / figured this out years ago....
There are so many but these are a few quotes that have been and continue to be most meaningful to me:

'Successful investing takes time, discipline, and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't" produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.'-WEB

'The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd."-WEB

'Keep things simple and don't swing for the fences. When promised quick profits, respond with a quick "no."-WEB

"We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful."-WEB

"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.'-WEB

"Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you."-WEB

"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."-WEB

"You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong."-WEB

'Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ' he who doesn't ' pays it.'-Einstein

'Like Warren, I had a considerable passion to get rich, not because I wanted Ferraris ' I wanted the independence. I desperately wanted it.'-Munger

'Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass.'-Munger

'All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there.'-Munger

'Spend a little- you can't take it with you.'-Dad