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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. .

Bernard Baruch

Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
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Attention Pay President
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
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Business Future Men
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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Art Disappointment Lying
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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Barbers Best Beware Field Information Know Stick Waiter
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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Forgiveness Life Positive
Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
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Funny Inspirational Life
I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.
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Men Mistake Motivation Prove Skill
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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Change Fact Improve Knowing Situation Thing
Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
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People Praise Quick
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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Believe Maturity Path Years
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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Communication Ideas Important
Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
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Expectations Thinking Work
The essence of any plan for financing old age is saving-to put aside some part of today’s earnings for the future.
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Age Enemy Essence
Don’t pity yourself, be quick to praise, be loyal to your friends, avoid prejudices, be independent, interest yourself in politics, and read the newspapers.
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Friends Loyal Newspaper Pity Prejudice Quick Read
Don’t speculate unless you can make it a full time job.
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Full Jobs Speculate Time
Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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Fall Higher Insurance Money Pension Unemployment
If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average.
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Cutting Loss Yield
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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Character Technology Thinking
Never follow the crowd.
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Inspirational Self Esteem Self Respect
All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.
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Investing Movement Psychology
Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.
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Inspirational Leadership Teacher
A man can’t retire his experience.
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Ciphers Experience Retirement
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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Being Fortune Quickly Right Sense Wrong
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.
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Approach Problem Views
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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Learn Men Observation
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
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Book Friends Giving Old
I get the facts, I study them patiently, I apply imagination.
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Imagination Inspirational Intelligence

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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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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