You should not buy a stock because it's cheap but because you know a lot about it.

- Peter Lynch

I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me.

- Peter Lynch

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

- Peter Lynch

All the math you need in the stock market you get in the fourth grade.

- Peter Lynch

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

- Peter Lynch

The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, per…

- Peter Lynch

Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselve…

- Peter Lynch

Know what you own, and know why you own it.

- Peter Lynch

Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.

- Peter Lynch