Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
BERNARD BARUCHMost of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
BERNARD BARUCHBears don’t live on Park Avenue.
BERNARD BARUCHWhatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
BERNARD BARUCHI 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 BARUCHThe longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time, I believe that inside information can break the Bank of England
BERNARD BARUCHA man can’t retire his experience.
BERNARD BARUCHThe 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.
BERNARD BARUCHWhen 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.
BERNARD BARUCHLet us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.
BERNARD BARUCHDon’t pity yourself, be quick to praise, be loyal to your friends, avoid prejudices, be independent, interest yourself in politics, and read the newspapers.
BERNARD BARUCHGovernment 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.
BERNARD BARUCHA dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future.
BERNARD BARUCHDon’t speculate unless you can make it a full time job.
BERNARD BARUCHWe can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.
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.
BERNARD BARUCHAnything that saps the value of savings-and inflation is the worst single threat-is the enemy of the aged and of those who expect to grow old.
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