When beggars and shoeshine boys, barbers and beauticians can tell you how to get rich it is time to remind yourself that there is no more dangerous illusion than the belief that one can get something for nothing.
BERNARD BARUCHThose who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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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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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 terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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Never follow the crowd.
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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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We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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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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In trading/ investing it’s not about how much you make, but how much you don’t lose
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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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Bears don’t live on Park Avenue.
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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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What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
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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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