The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today’s earnings for the future.
BERNARD BARUCHA dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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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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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
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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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Now is always the hardest time to invest.
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A man can’t retire his experience.
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I never lost money by turning a profit.
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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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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.
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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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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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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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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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Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.
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Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil.
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No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won’t let him.
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Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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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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