No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
BERNARD BARUCHOur problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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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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Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation…
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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.
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
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Never follow the crowd.
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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
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I made my money by selling too soon.
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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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Financial storm definitely passed.
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Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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