Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.
BERNARD BARUCHWe are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. His property is only his as the state does not need it. He must hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state.
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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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Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars.
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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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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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Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
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Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
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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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It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Never follow the crowd.
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Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.
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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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