Top 18 Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. Quotes (INVESTING)

Top 10 Most Famous Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. Quotes (BEST)

“If you want to succeed in the world, you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a-coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.”
Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.

No one can see ahead three years, let alone five or ten. Competition, new inventions - all kinds of things - can change the situation in twelve months. — No one can see ahead three years, let alone five or ten. Competition, new inventions – all kinds of things – can **change** the situation in twelve months.

The more thorough the investment research, the more confident you can be in making a sound investment. — The more thorough the **investment** research, the more **confident** you can be in making a sound investment.

Change is the investor's only certainty. — **Change** is the investor’s only certainty.

If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.

“It is better to be early than too late in recognizing the passing of one era, the waning of old investment favorites and the advent of a new era affording new opportunities for the investor.”
Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures; learn from them and start again. — Do not be embarrassed by your **failures**; **learn** from them and start again.

The growth stock theory of investing requires patience, but is less stressful than trading, generally has less risk, and reduces brokerage commissions and income taxes. — The growth stock theory of investing requires **patience**, but is less stressful than trading, generally has less risk, and reduces brokerage commissions and income taxes.

Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it. — **Successful** investing is about managing **risk**, not avoiding it.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. — The avoidance of **taxes** is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.

8 Wise Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. Quotes about Investing (WISDOM)

“If you stay half-alert, you can pick the spectacular performers right from your place of business or out of the neighborhood shopping mall, and long before Wall Street discovers them.”
Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.

A ton of regret never makes an ounce of difference. — A ton of **regret** never makes an ounce of difference.

No mathematical formula or yardstick alone can be relied on for identifying growth stocks or for detecting when their earnings reach maturity.

“Every business is manmade. It is a result of individuals. It reflects the personalities and the business philosophy of the founders and those who have directed its affairs throughout its existence. If you want to have an understanding of any business, it is important to know the background of the people who started it and directed its past and the hopes and ambitions of those who are planning its future.”
Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.

There are two sound reasons for investing in common stocks - growth of income and growth of principal. — There are two sound reasons for investing in common stocks – **growth** of income and growth of principal.

In planning an investment program, it is extremely important that the investor, before purchasing any securities, should ask himself, 'What is my objective' — In planning an investment program, it is extremely important that the investor, before purchasing any securities, should ask himself, ‘What is my objective?’

“While the trend in profit margins is one of the most important factors to consider, it is not always the company which reports the higher profit margin that proves to be the better growth stock.”
Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.