John C. Bogle Quotes

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

Well, there's always risk in long-term investment.

The last thing you want to do, unless it's a very unusual situation, is to invest money.

Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.

The government can’t guarantee that you should earn profit from your investments.

There's a tendency to look at investments in isolation. Investors focus on the risk of individual securities.

In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.

When it comes to money, the best investments were probably the ones I did not make.

I am not criticizing investing in the stock market; I am an investor.

Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.

I have no complaints about losing money I put in high-risk investments. I did some of that when I had real money; my informed choice, my measured gamble.

I'm not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making - just the facts.

If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be wrong. And although it is okay to be wrong, it is not okay to stay wrong.

There is always risk involved. You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate [on the Stock Market]: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

I've learned that all investments have risk.

I can't invest in areas of comfort.

People can put their capital to work where they like.

Investing should be dull. It shouldn't be exciting.

Investing is pure.

The higher the risk, the higher the reward.

Never put your savings in risky investments. Only disposable income should find its way there.

The reality is, risk is variable. Those in the financial world know it.

What I do for a living is so high-risk that I try to make sure my portfolio is as conservative as possible.

There is no such thing as high returns without risk.