Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
BERNARD BARUCHDuring 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
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I’ll give you the bottom 10% and the top 10% of any move if I get to keep the middle 80%.
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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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Nobody ever lost money taking a profit
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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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Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
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A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year – on the condition that if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. “Within a year,” the man explained later.
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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
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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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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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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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No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won’t let him.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which might put these instruments in the hands of men of hate.
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Financial storm definitely passed.
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Become more humble as the market goes your way.
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A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they arent still there, hes no longer a political leader.
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No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
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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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Never play tips from “insiders.” They can’t see the forest for the trees.
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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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Society can progress if men’s labors show a profit – if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.
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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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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
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Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
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All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.
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