16 Brilliant Charlie Munger Quotes

By Wayne Rivers

10 minutes

Who the heck was Charlie Munger, and why should we care about his business and life philosophies? Funny that almost everyone in business has heard of Warren Buffett, but comparatively few had heard of his partner Charlie Munger prior to his passing this year at the age of 99. Munger was an incredible success who gave hundreds of millions of dollars to philanthropic causes during his lifetime. And he was quite the philosopher too.

Please tune in this week as Wayne selects 16 business and life quotes from Munger’s many pearls of wisdom. What’s your favorite source of business or life wisdom? Please share with us in the comments.

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