You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.
BERNARD BARUCHEven 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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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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We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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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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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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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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Let us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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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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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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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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Never answer a critic, unless he’s right.
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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 is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can’t retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
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