Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.
BERNARD BARUCHKnowing 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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The stock market is people.
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Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.
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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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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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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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I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.
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Don’t speculate unless you can make it a full time job.
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Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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The path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago … How young she is! It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom – the clothing of the grave – that some people believe she is already fitted for.
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Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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