Quotes from John Templeton

The four most expensive words in the English language are, 'This time it's different.'

Diversify your investments.

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

The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.

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

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.

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.

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.

Happiness pursued eludes, happiness given returns.

Help yourself by helping others.

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

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.

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

It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something very different.

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.

What happens to us in life is less important; the real question can be whether or not we use the experience to grow.

To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.

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

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.

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.

The only way to experience love is to give it.

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

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