Warren Buffett Risk Quotations

Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings.

Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.

At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will be my fault. It will not be because of the misjudgments made by a risk committee or chief risk officer.

Never risk what you have and need for what we don't have and don't need.

Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk.

Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing so wide diversification is only required when investors are ignorant. You only have to do a very few things in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

If you don't know the Jewelry, know the Jeweller

The greater the potential for reward in the value portfolio, the less risk there is.

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.

It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire.