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Don’t pity yourself, be quick to praise, be loyal to your friends, avoid prejudices, be independent, interest yourself in politics, and read the newspapers.

Bernard Baruch

Gold has worked down from Alexander’s time… When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.
BERNARD BARUCH

Believe Mistaken Something Two Years
Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
BERNARD BARUCH

Inspirational Leadership Teacher
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with.
BERNARD BARUCH

Change Grappled Problem Reality Truth
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 BARUCH

Beggar Belief Boys Dangerous Illusion Shoeshine
Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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Disappointment Freedom Keepin Promise
Agriculture is the greatest and fundamentally the most important of our industries. The cities are but the branches of the tree of national life, the roots of which go deeply into the land. We all flourish or decline with the farmer.
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Cities Industries Land Roots Trees
No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
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Men State Thinking Zero
Financial storm definitely passed.
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Depression Financial Great Storm
I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort. .
BERNARD BARUCH

Effort Experience Son
The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
BERNARD BARUCH

Funny Humor Men
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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Brain Passion Prejudice Sharp
Don’t speculate unless you can make it a full time job.
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Full Jobs Speculate Time
Don’t try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best.
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Fields Sticks Trying
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.
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Ethics Responsibility Tomorrow
We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
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Equality Ships Wisdom
Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Information Loss Men Power Reason Something Trying

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