Bernard M. Baruch

Quote: To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: 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 M. Baruch]

Quote: Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well and bring to a boil. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: Nobody ever lost money taking a profit. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: 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. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: Two things are bad for the heart -- running up stairs and running down people. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: Never follow the crowd. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: There are no such things as incurable s. There are only things for which man has not found a cure. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why. [Bernard M. Baruch]

Quote: Always do one thing less than you think you can do. [Bernard M. Baruch]

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