Top 89 John Templeton Sayings
#1. Truly a legend in our time, John Templeton understands that the real measure of a person's success in life is not financial accomplishment but moral integrity and inner character.
Billy Graham
#2. Sir John Templeton: "My ethical principle in the first place was: 'Where could I use my talents that God gave me to help the most people?'"
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
#3. The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be.
John Templeton
#4. Faith does not imply a closed, but an open mind. Quite the opposite of blindness, faith appreciates the vast spiritual realities that materialist overlook by getting trapped in the purely physical.
John Marks Templeton
#6. For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes.
John Templeton
#8. I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
John Templeton
#9. As we learn to share and give and care, love increases. A person who knows how to love does not seem to feel lonely or alone. In this sense, the power of love can become a true weapon against harm.
John Templeton
#10. I have observed 100,000 families over my years of investment counseling. I always saw greater prosperity and happiness among those families who tithed than among those who didn't.
John Templeton
#11. 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
#12. A successful life depends less on how long you live than on how much you can pack into the time you have.
John Templeton
#13. Sell a stock only when you have found a new stock that is a 50% better bargain than the one that you hold.
John Templeton
#14. To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest reward.
John Templeton
#15. The main focus in my life now is to open people's minds so no one will be so conceited that they think they have the total truth. They should be eager to learn, to listen, to research and not to confine, to hurt, to kill, those who disagree with them.
John Templeton
#16. It is only by understanding the emotion of others that an investor has a chance to produce superior results.
John Templeton
#17. Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for.
John Templeton
#18. It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
John Templeton
#19. How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative, or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people.
John Templeton
#20. A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then.
John Templeton
#22. Surprising and interesting things happen to those who keep their eyes and their minds open and alert!
John Templeton
#24. For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity.
John Templeton
#25. Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.
John Templeton
#26. Self-improvement comes mainly from trying to help others.
John Templeton
#27. If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.
John Templeton
#28. If governments encourage people to become more spiritual there will be a reduction in healthcare costs.
John Templeton
#29. I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?
John Templeton
#30. High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life.
John Templeton
#31. 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
#32. Usually God favours the people who try to do good. So, when you find that the crowd is desperately trying to sell, help them and buy. When you find that the crowd is overenthusiastically trying to buy, help them and sell. It usually works out.
John Templeton
#33. 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
#34. If we have not developed a reservoir of spiritual wealth, no amount of money is likely to make us happy. Spiritual wealth provides faith. It gives us love. It brings and expands wisdom. Spiritual wealth leads to happiness because it guides us into useful or loving relationships.
John Templeton
#35. It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something very different.
John Templeton
#36. 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
#37. Each of us has a purpose for living beyond our own survival and pleasure. Every individual is like a thread in a beautiful tapestry with a vital contribution to make, not only to the sustenance of life as we know it, but in the creation and development of more beneficial expressions of life.
John Templeton
#38. If you are curious as to what your future may hold, you can look into a mirror. What is reflecting back? Does a sparkle in your eyes indicate excitement about new adventures and opportunities? Does a smile on your lips portray an inner happiness and abundant goodwill towards others?
John Templeton
#39. Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely.
John Templeton
#40. Outperforming the majority of investors requires doing what they are not doing. Buying when others have despaired, and selling when they are full of hope, takes fortitude.
John Templeton
#41. Before this century is over, the Dow Jones Industrial Average will probably be over one million versus around 10,000 now. So for the long-term, the outlook is tremendously bullish if you buy stocks blindly to keep for a century.
John Templeton
#42. By facing our challenges and overcoming them, we grow stronger, wiser, and more compassionate.
John Templeton
#43. Basic reality seems to be that the more you try to be like God by radiating unlimited love, the more you become flooded by waves of love from others and from God.
John Templeton
#44. Politicians who are willing to spend too much are the ones who get reelected.
John Templeton
#45. I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress.
John Templeton
#46. The government of India regulates nearly everything, so there's very little progress; whereas in Hong Kong the government keeps its hands off ... and the standard of living has multiplied.
John Templeton
#47. Making people get over the concept that they've got the total proof. To get them to feel, 'Gee, I want to learn more. I want to hear anybody who can tell me something in addition to ways I already know about God or my spiritual principles.
John Templeton
#48. Living life with a smile is like throwing yeast into a bowl of flour, adding warm water and waiting for the flour to rise. It multiplies may times over.
John Templeton
#49. Hate, like prayer, changes the person involved in the activity, not the person the activity is aimed at.
John Templeton
#51. The four most expensive words in the English language are, 'This time it's different.'
John Templeton
#52. Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church.
John Templeton
#55. Tell your readers to use it or lose it. If you don't use your muscles, they get weak. If you don't use your mind it begins to fail.
John Templeton
#56. I grew up Presbyterian. Presbyterians thought the Methodists were wrong. Catholics thought all Protestants were wrong. The Jews thought the Christians were wrong. So, what I'm financing is humility. I want people to realize that you shouldn't think you know it all.
John Templeton
#57. As we begin to praise ourselves and our world, we begin to blossom in ways that are beautiful to behold.
John Templeton
#58. Wherever we are and whatever we are doing, it is possible to learn something that can enrich our lives and the lives of others ... No one's education is ever complete.
John Templeton
#59. The best investment with the least risk and the greatest dividend is giving.
John Templeton
#60. I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.
John Templeton
#61. Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.
John Templeton
#62. If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually.
John Templeton
#63. It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.
John Templeton
#64. Happiness pursued eludes, happiness given returns.
John Templeton
#65. Would it not be strange if a universe without purpose accidentally created humans who are so obsessed with purpose?
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#66. Everyone has special talents, and it is our duty to find ours and use them well.
John Templeton
#67. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.
John Templeton
#68. If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.
John Templeton
#69. Suppose you went to your priest and asked for help; he would refer you to the Bible. But if you went the next day to your medical doctor and he referred you to the book of Hippocrates, which was written at about the same time as the Bible, you would think that was old-fashioned.
John Templeton
#70. Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.
John Templeton
#71. While there are many problems, if one focuses on the bigger picture there are numerous reasons to be thankful for living in a time of remarkable progress and wonderful possibilities for the future.
John Templeton
#73. Be very careful. Giving because we think we will get something back will not work. You must be 100 percent willing to give and never experience any return, or it will not work.
John Templeton
#74. 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
#75. The opposite of humility is arrogance
the belief that we are wiser or better than others. Arrogance promotes separation rather than community. It looms like a brick wall between us and those from whom we could learn.
John Templeton
#76. What happens to us in life is less important; the real question can be whether or not we use the experience to grow.
John Templeton
#77. The commitment of giving your best at all times, in all circumstances and under all conditions, can enable you to find value in, and lend value to, every experience.
John Templeton
#78. The air we breathe is necessary to keep us alive, but we must continually breathe it out so we can breathe fresh air back into our lungs. God gives us his love, which we can keep in action by breathing it out to others, thus making room in our hearts for a fresh supply of love.
John Templeton
#79. If you're not grateful, you're not rich - no matter how much you have.
John Templeton
#80. The objective of our religious foundations is to teach people that they are hurting themselves when they say they believe something. What we should realize is we know almost nothing about God and therefore we should be eager to search and to learn.
John Templeton
#81. The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit.
John Templeton
#82. Kindness comes back like a boomerang to those who are kind. Perhaps, its return takes years. Perhaps, the kindness returns from a different direction than that which we sent out kindness. But it will return. It is never lost.
John Templeton
#83. The other boys at Yale came from wealthy families, and none of them were investing outside the United States, and I thought, 'That is very egotistical. Why be so shortsighted or near-sighted as to focus only on America? Shouldn't you be more open-minded?'
John Templeton
#84. If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.
John Templeton
#85. Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others.
John Templeton
#86. Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about.
John Templeton
#87. The person who is willing to say yes to experience is the person who discovers new frontiers.
John Templeton
#88. You must be a fundamentalist to be really successful in the market.
John Templeton
#89. There will always be bull markets followed by bear markets followed by bull markets
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