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.
BERNARD BARUCHIncreased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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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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I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.
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Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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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. .
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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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The stock market is people.
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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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Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.
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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.
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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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One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
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