15 Best quotes for compounding and compound interest

Ayeshajohnson
3 min readOct 14, 2021

“The Compound Effect is the principle of reaping huge rewards from a series of small, smart choices” ― Darren Hardy

“When it comes to compounding, don’t trust your intuition — you have no idea how powerful it is.” ― Manoj Arora

“A modest rate-of-return can accumulate a fortune over time. You don’t need to beat the market, do over-leveraging, or pick the best stock to be rich. You just need to earn a decent rate-of-return and let your money compound overtime.” — Naved Abdali

“There will be good years and there will be bad years, but the compounding will continue on unabated.” ― Pietros Maneos

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” — Albert Einstein

“Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don’t be captivated by the siren song of the market.” — Warren Buffett

“Investing is not about a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It is a life-long journey of prudent investments that grow with time. You need to start small and let the magic of compounding do its trick.” — Naved Abdali

“If you understand compound interest, you basically understand the universe.” — Robert Breault

“Understanding both the power of compound interest and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things.” — Charlie Munger

“Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.” — John C. Bogle

“Enjoy the magic of compounding returns. Even modest investments made in one’s early 20s are likely to grow to staggering amounts over the course of an investment lifetime.” John C. Bogle

“I think people don’t understand compound interest because typically no one ever explains it to them and the level of financial literacy in the US is very low.” — James Surowiecki

“My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.” — Warren Buffett

“It should be everyone’s right in a capitalist system to have some way to take advantage of compound interest.” — Katy Lederer

“Compound interest on debt was the banker’s greatest invention, to capture, and enslave, a productive society.” — Albert Einstein

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