Warren Buffett is acclaimed for his financial savvy—and his success as a self-made billionaire.
“You want to associate with people who are the kind of person you’d like to be. You’ll move in that direction,” Buffett said. “And the most important person by far in that respect is your spouse. I can’t overemphasize how important that is.”
Even with a somewhat unconventional marital history, Buffett has shared love-related wisdom over the years.
Below are three tips he’s given about love.
“What happened with me would not have happened without her,” Buffett said.
Buffett also emphasizes marrying the “right person,” which he found in Susan.
Going against the saying of “happy wife, happy life,” Buffett approaches both personal and professional relationships with low expectations.
Even with greater fortune than nearly everyone else in the world, Buffett said that money isn’t the best thing he’s ever received.
That unconditional love from his wife Susan is what kept him motivated.
“The incredible thing about love is that you can’t get rid of it,” he said during the 2008 talk. “If you try to give it away, you end up with twice as much, but if you try to hold on to it, it disappears. It is an extraordinary situation, where the people who just absolutely push it out, get it back 10-fold.”
And while money can buy a lot of things, it’s true it can’t buy love.
