Bernard Baruch
Bernard Baruch
Bernard Mannes Baruchwas an American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters and became a philanthropist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 August 1870
CountryUnited States of America
men two investing
Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.
play tree forests
Never play tips from "insiders." They can't see the forest for the trees.
people praise
Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.
wall believe information
The 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
government human-nature congress
You can't repeal human nature by an Act of Congress.
men produce increase
Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.
jobs full-time-jobs
Don't speculate unless you can make it a full time job.
loss men trying
Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers. Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters - or anyone - bringing gifts of 'inside' information or tips. Don't try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.
parks bears investment
Bears don't live on Park Avenue.
lying world-destruction work-out
Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation. . . . Let us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.
art disappointment lying
None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. ... The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
wisdom equality ships
We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
business finance selling
I made my money by selling too soon.
change truth reality
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. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.