Become more humble as the market goes your way.
BERNARD BARUCHWe grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
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Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
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None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. … The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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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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Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
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I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.
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Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
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You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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Never follow the crowd.
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Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
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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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Nobody ever lost money taking a profit
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No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won’t let him.
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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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Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year – on the condition that if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. “Within a year,” the man explained later.
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Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot–or if you do not know how to improve on things–then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.
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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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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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“The king may die, or I may die, or the horse may die. Furthermore, in a year, who knows? Maybe the horse will learn to fly.” My philosophy is like that man’s. I take the long-range view.
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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