在顾睿恩的讣告里，芒格短短几句话概括了一个成功的人生：
"他做他喜欢做的事，他做了他想做的事。" (He did what he liked doing. He did what he wanted to do.)

“他做他喜欢做的事。他喜欢当警察，就去当了警察（预备役）。他想从飞机上跳出来用降落伞滑翔，就去做了。他想滑野雪，也去做了。他做了他想做的事。”

 “He did what he liked doing,” Munger said. “If he liked the police, he did the police. If he liked jumping out of airplanes and gliding in a parachute, he did that. If he liked skiing off mountains, he did that. He did what he wanted to do.”