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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.

Bernard Baruch

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.
BERNARD BARUCH

Barbers Best Beware Field Information Know Stick Waiter
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.
BERNARD BARUCH

Communism Government Important Political Struggle
Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
BERNARD BARUCH

Cold Deceived Midst Today War
Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
BERNARD BARUCH

Heart Love Mistake Task Undertake
Never answer a critic, unless he’s right.
BERNARD BARUCH

Answers Belief Humility
Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
BERNARD BARUCH

Listen Most Mostly People Successful
Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.
BERNARD BARUCH

Business Experiment Fool Government
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
BERNARD BARUCH

Destruction Peace War World
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
BERNARD BARUCH

Business Future Men
Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.
BERNARD BARUCH

Good Liars Times Timing
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
BERNARD BARUCH

Inspirational Jobs Work
To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
BERNARD BARUCH

Age Birthday Years
Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
BERNARD BARUCH

Forests Insider Play Tree
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.
BERNARD BARUCH

Atom Domain Evil Instead Lies Lying Taught
The stock market is people.
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Market People Stock
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
BERNARD BARUCH

Blessing Discipline Freedom

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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