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.
BERNARD BARUCHMost of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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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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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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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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If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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It is far more difficult… to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.
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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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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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Let us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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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.
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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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I made my money by selling too soon.
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If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament – disarmament follows peace.
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Financial storm definitely passed.
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