Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
BERNARD BARUCHMost of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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The path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago … How young she is! It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom – the clothing of the grave – that some people believe she is already fitted for.
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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
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Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all…
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I made my money by selling too soon.
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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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Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with.
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A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they arent still there, hes no longer a political leader.
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Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don’t be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job.
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Let us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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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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America has never forgotten – and never will forget – the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path…
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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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