What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
BERNARD BARUCHTwo things are bad for the heart – running up stairs and running down people.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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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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Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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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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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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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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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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Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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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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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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Never follow the crowd.
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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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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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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.
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All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.
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