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 BARUCHNever follow the crowd.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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In trading/ investing it’s not about how much you make, but how much you don’t lose
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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
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Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human dignity. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics.
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I made my money by selling too soon.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
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If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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A man can’t retire his experience.
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Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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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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Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.
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“The king may die, or I may die, or the horse may die. Furthermore, in a year, who knows? Maybe the horse will learn to fly.” My philosophy is like that man’s. I take the long-range view.
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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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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.
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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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Two things are bad for the heart – running up stairs and running down people.
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Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.
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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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Anything that saps the value of savings-and inflation is the worst single threat-is the enemy of the aged and of those who expect to grow old.
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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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Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don’t be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job.
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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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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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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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