A successful life depends less on how long you live than on how much you can pack into the time you have.
--John Templeton
Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.
--John Templeton
Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about.
--John Templeton
Everyone has special talents, and it is our duty to find ours and use them well.
--John Templeton
Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth. Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it.
--John Templeton
High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life.
--John Templeton
How about no income tax at all on people over 65? People would continue working, remain healthier, not be an economic and social drain on society. Then the elderly would also have more disposable income to help charitable activities.
--John Templeton
I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
--John Templeton
I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago.
--John Templeton
If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.
--John Templeton
If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.
--John Templeton
If you don't use your muscles, they get weak. If you don't use your mind it begins to fail.
--John Templeton
If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.
--John Templeton
If you're not grateful, you're not rich- no matter how much you have.
--John Templeton
Invest at the point of maximum pessimism.
--John Templeton
It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
--John Templeton
Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.
--John Templeton
Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others.
--John Templeton
Never invest on sentiment. Never invest solely on a tip.
--John Templeton
Only one thing is more important than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.
--John Templeton
Self-improvement comes mainly from trying to help others.
--John Templeton
Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.
--John Templeton
The best investment with the least risk and the greatest dividend is giving.
--John Templeton
The four most expensive words in the English language are 'this time it's different.'
--John Templeton
The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.
--John Templeton
The only way to experience love is to give it.
--John Templeton
Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.
--John Templeton
Three of my children are medical doctors; they know at least a hundred times as much about your body as my grandfather knew, but they don't know much more about soul than he did.
--John Templeton
Work at being a humble person.
--John Templeton
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