A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
BERNARD BARUCHPeace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.
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So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which might put these instruments in the hands of men of hate.
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You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.
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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
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I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort. .
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Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters – or anyone – bringing gifts of ‘inside’ information or tips. Don’t try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.
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Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
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Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.
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The longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time, I believe that inside information can break the Bank of England
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Society can progress if men’s labors show a profit – if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.
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Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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