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.
BERNARD BARUCHMaking a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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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.
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Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man’s reasoning powers.
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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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One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
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Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.
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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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To me – old age is always ten years older than I am.
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If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament – disarmament follows peace.
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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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America has never forgotten – and never will forget – the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path…
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You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.
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Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged.
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Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.
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I made my money by selling too soon.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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