110+ John Templeton Quotes On Investing, Bull Markets And Innovative

John Templeton was an American investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was known for his pioneering work in value investing and his philanthropic efforts. He was also the founder of the Templeton Funds, a global investment firm. Following is our collection on famous quotes by John Templeton on investing, bull markets, innovative.

Top 10 John Templeton Quotes

1. Work at being a humble person.
2. Everyone has special talents, and it is our duty to find ours and use them well.
3. Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.
4. If you want to have a better performance than the crowd, you must do things differently from the crowd.
5. To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest reward.
6. An attitude of gratitude creates blessings.
7. To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.
8. The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other finds an excuse.
9. It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
10. Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.

John Templeton Short Quotes

• Focus on value because most investors focus on outlooks and trends.
• It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.
• The person who is willing to say yes to experience is the person who discovers new frontiers.
• If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.
• Let no day go by without counting your blessing.
• It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something very different.
• I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
• For all long-term investors, there is only one objective-maximum total real return after taxes.
• Happiness pursued eludes, happiness given returns.
• Help yourself by helping others.

John Templeton Quotes About Investing

Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell. — 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

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

The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy. — John Templeton

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

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

Invest at the point of maximum pessimism. — John Templeton

Diversify your investments. — John Templeton

John Templeton Quotes About Humble

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. It's self centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity. — John Templeton

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search. — John Templeton

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

John Templeton Quotes About Open

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

Faith does not imply a closed, but an open mind. Quite the opposite of blindness, faith appreciates the vast spiritual realities that materialists overlook by getting trapped in the purely physical. — John Templeton

Surprising and interesting things happen to those who keep their eyes and their minds open and alert! — John Templeton

[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

John Templeton Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

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

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

An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. Help yourself by helping others. You have the most powerful weapons on earth - love and prayer. — John Templeton

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

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been. — John Templeton

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

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

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

I have no quarrel with what I learned in the Presbyterian church - I am still an enthusiastic Christian. But why shouldn't I try to learn more? Why shouldn't I go to Hindu services? Why shouldn't I go to Muslim services? If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A flower is a miracle, but it does not have the sight or speech to describe us. And our own ability is no greater than that flower when we try to describe God. His infinity covers not only one planet, but the entire solar system and 100 billion suns. That doesn't mean he is limited in his ability to be part of you. — John Templeton

There will always be bull markets followed by bear markets followed by bull markets — John Templeton

I never ask if the market is going to go up or down because I don't know, and besides it doesn't matter. I search nation after nation for stocks, asking: 'Where is the one that is lowest-priced in relation to what I believe it's worth?' Forty years of experience have taught me you can make money without ever knowing which way the market is going. — John Templeton

A successful life depends less on how long you live than on how much you can pack into the time you have. — 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

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

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

True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances. — John Templeton

Share prices fluctuate more than share values. — John Templeton

It is only by understanding the emotion of others that an investor has a chance to produce superior results. — John Templeton

I served for 42 years on the board of trustees of the largest Presbyterian seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and we had brilliant people - teachers and students both-but they did not come up with many new concepts. They weren't invited to come up with new concepts. 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

Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others. — John Templeton

We often see people every day searching in the wrong places for the things they desire. Too many of our fellow humans try to find peace and happiness in drugs, alcohol, and sensual excitement. And it doesn't work. If we desire peace, the first place to look is within ourselves. Peace isn't an external condition as much as an internal context. — John Templeton

If you're not grateful, you're not rich - no matter how much you have. — John Templeton

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

It has been said that "to enthuse" means "to fill with spirit," and that spirit of enthusiasm is awaiting release or manifestation. Enthusiasm can be harnessed and activated. It can be transferred from one person to another. The energy of enthusiasm is similar to a radio signal that carries around the world. It can be transmitted and received; and when enthusiasm is shared by a group of people, it can be potentiated to a higher degree of power. — John Templeton

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

Politicians who are willing to spend too much are the ones who get reelected. — John Templeton

What happens when we begin to praise our own abilities? And this is not focusing on an inflated ego, but on appreciation and praise. What happens when we begin sincerely to give thanks for our wonderful minds and our strong and healthy bodies? It's not at all difficult to believe that our own senses of confidence and self-worth are actually activated and strengthened. — John Templeton

You are present in your life on earth at this moment for the purposes of living, loving, learning, and growing. Be assured that life can reliably provide a wide variety of adventures, experiences, and situations that may require you to draw from the depths of your being. Your level of self-awareness and manner of expression can determine the quality of living you experience. Why? Because you get back what you give out. — John Templeton

Not yet have I found any better method to prosper during the future financial chaos, which is likely to last many years, than to keep your net worth in shares of those corporations that have proven to have the widest profit margins and the most rapidly increasing profits. Earning power is likely to continue to be valuable, especially if diversified among many nations. — John Templeton

Life is made up not necessarily of great sacrifices or high-level duties but of little things. The smiles, the kindnesses, the commitments and obligations and responsibilities that are given habitually and lovingly are the blessings that win and preserve the heart and bring comfort to one's self as we as to others. This is the ministry of service performed by every useful life. — John Templeton

The parable of the talents is a good analogy of what happens when we give. When we merely try to hold on to what is given or entrusted to us, life may seem to take away even that. But when we choose to use what life has given us, the return of abundance can include friendship, companionship, financial blessings, homes, transportation, and security in wonderful ways. The universe holds nothing back from the one who lovingly and sincerely gives. — John Templeton

If governments encourage people to become more spiritual there will be a reduction in healthcare costs. — John Templeton

By facing our challenges and overcoming them, we grow stronger, wiser, and more compassionate. — John Templeton

High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life. — John Templeton

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

Be aware of the words that go into your mind, both conscious and unconscious, because words and ideas can be great tools for your mind to use in coming to appropriate decisions. Remember that a statement spoken in spiritual consciousness can contain great spiritual power. Speaking powerful words of love changes things and outer circumstances as well as consciousness itself. — John Templeton

Humility about how little I know has encouraged me to listen more carefully and more wisely. — John Templeton

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

Would it not be strange if a universe without purpose accidentally created humans who are so obsessed with purpose? — John Templeton

Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension. — 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

As we begin to praise ourselves and our world, we begin to blossom in ways that are beautiful to behold. — John Templeton

Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for. — John Templeton

See the investment world as an ocean and buy where you get the most value for your money. Right now the value is in non-callable bonds. Most bonds are callable so when they start going up in price, the debtor calls them away from you. But the non-callable bonds, especially those non-callable for 25-30 years, can go way up in price if interest rates go way down. — John Templeton

...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

We may find the Divine to be 3,000 times what we think it is now. It's like asking the tulip there to explain you. The tulip is a beautiful creation, with millions of atoms cooperating with each other to produce great beauty, but ask that tulip to talk about you, and it can't do it. It doesn't have those perceptive abilities. Wouldn't it be conceited to suggest that I had the abilities to describe the deity? — John Templeton

You must be a fundamentalist to be really successful in the market. — John Templeton

If success were easy, then it would not necessarily be true success. Some of history's most successful people learned to cope with failure as a natural offshoot of the experimental and creative process and often learned more from their failures than their successes. By taking the attitude that failure is merely a detour on the way to our destination, hope can blossom into success. — John Templeton

Often a successful problem-solver is one who creates a new context in which to view the problem. This can often be done by directing one's attention away from the distracting details of the difficulty. From a detached perspective, we may examine the situation in a new or different light and, after exploring information and options, choose an appropriate course of action. — John Templeton

Self-improvement comes mainly from trying to help others. — John Templeton

Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about. — John Templeton

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

The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? — John Templeton

For those properly prepared, the bear market is not only a calamity but an opportunity. — John Templeton

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

Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions. — John Templeton

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

No matter how poorly our lives seem to be going, we can become part of a greater flow of good and increase our awareness by doing something more than we have to do-by giving of ourselves. One of the keys to prosperity is realizing that prosperity doesn't come by getting more-it comes by giving more! We can prosper by emphasizing what we are giving rather than concentrating on what we are getting. — John Templeton

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

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

The only way to experience love is to give it. — John Templeton

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

If a business is not ethical, it will fail, perhaps not right away but eventually. — John Templeton

We hope that there will be nothing that conflicts with anybody's religion or faith. We would never say a person's religion is not effective. We say, 'Would you be interested in something more effective?' We always put things in an optimistic, progressive perspective. 'Do you want to make your prayers more effective? Not that they are not effective, but do you want to help them become more effective?' — John Templeton

If you buy all the stocks selling at or below two times earnings, you will lose money on half of them because instead of making profits they will actually lose money, but you will only lose a dollar or so a share at most. Then others will be mediocre performers. But the remaining big winners will go up and produce fabulous results and also ensure a good overall result. — John Templeton

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

Life Lessons by John Templeton

1. John Templeton taught us the importance of diversifying investments and taking calculated risks in order to maximize returns.
2. He also emphasized the importance of patience and discipline in investing, and of avoiding the temptation to follow the herd.
3. Lastly, he showed us that through hard work, research, and dedication, it is possible to achieve success in the stock market.