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.
BERNARD BARUCHEveryone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.
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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Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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Never answer a critic, unless he’s right.
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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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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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Never follow the crowd.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
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During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
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I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men.
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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
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Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
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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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You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.
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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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