“There is always someone out there getting better than you by training harder than you.”
“You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2013/12/02/23-quotes-from-warren-buffett-on-life-and-generosity/ "23 Quotes from Warren Buffett on Life and Generosity" forbes.com (02 December 2013)
Quotes from the press
“In my judgment excellence and wealth are direct opposites.”
Epp. Apoll. 35
Letters
Variant: A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
“Each day is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to Him.”
Source: Maximize the Moment: God's Action Plan For Your Life
This appears to be a variation of a quote often attributed to Caskie Stinnett in 1960, "A diplomat...is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip" https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kcycAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA90&dq=%22A+diplomat+is+a+person+who+can+tell+you+to+go+to+hell+in+such+a+way+that+you+actually+look+forward+to+the+trip.%22 but which appears to have been in common use in the 1950s and is first recorded in the Seattle Daily Times in 1953 as "Diplomat—one who can tell you to go to hades and make you look forward to the trip". http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/a_diplomat_is_a_person_who_can_tell_you_to_go_to_hell_so_that_you_look_forw/
Misattributed
Variant: Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions
“If you try to please everyone you’ll please no one.”
“Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near”
Source: Aleph
