“The king may die, or I may die, or the horse may die. Furthermore, in a year, who knows? Maybe the horse will learn to fly.” My philosophy is like that man’s. I take the long-range view.
BERNARD BARUCHKnowing 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.
More Bernard Baruch Quotes
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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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The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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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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In a period scarcely twice my own lifetime it has risen from nothingness to become the world’s greatest power. It has become the ark of the covenant of freedom.
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The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them.
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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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All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.
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When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.
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No man can humiliate me or disturb me. I won’t let him.
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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 you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
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The stock market is people.
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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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Let us not be deceived we are today in the midst of a cold war.
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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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Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions.
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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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Buy straw hats in the wintertime. Summer will surely come.
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We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead.
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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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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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Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with.
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Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
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Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.
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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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Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
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