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
political hammers looks
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
responsibility tomorrow failing
Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular.
book giving old-friends
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
heart soul heart-and-soul
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.
blow light shining
You don't have to blow out the other person's light to let your own shine.
zero men thinking
No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
passion brain prejudice
Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.
overcoming complaining ifs
You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.
motivational errors action
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.
people
The stock market is people.
teacher creativity imagination
Creativity: 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.
peace war world-destruction
Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
facts opinion catchy
Everyone is entitled to be wrong about their opinions, but no one has the right to be wrong about their facts.
funny humor men
The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.