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
Bernard Baruch quotes about
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.
freedom blessing discipline
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
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.
disappointment freedom keeping-promises
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
birthday years age
To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
character technology thinking
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.
life positive forgiveness
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
birthday growing-up women
We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.
money fall wages
Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.
communication ideas important
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
health men found
There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.
running heart two
Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people.