Bernard Baruch Quotes

Most of the successful people I know mostly listen, not talk.

Information cannot serve as an effective substitute for thinking.

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

You don't have to blow out the other person's light to let your own shine.

Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.

Millions saw the apple fall but Newton was the one who asked why.

Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.

Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people.

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

In trading/ investing it's not about how much you make, but how much you don't lose

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.

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, "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.

Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.

If you have made a mistake cut your losses as quickly as possible.

Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.

Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious, be honest with yourself so you will be honest with others, be helpful, interest yourself in your job, 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.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

Never answer a critic, unless he's right.

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.

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.

When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.

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.

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.