Peter Lynch Quotes & Sayings

“Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.”

“You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets.”

“If you go to Minnesota in January, you should know that it's gonna be cold. You don't panic when the thermometer falls below zero.”

“Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.”

“When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom.”

“Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.”

“The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.”

“The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.”

“But my system for over 30 years has been this: When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30.”

“I think you have to learn that there's a company behind every stock, and that there's only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.”