None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. … The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
BERNARD BARUCHWhat else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made?
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination.
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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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Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters – or anyone – bringing gifts of ‘inside’ information or tips. Don’t try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.
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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 never lost money by turning a profit.
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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.
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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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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
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Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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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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