Bernard Mannes Baruch Quotes

Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

Millions saw the apple fall, Newton was the only one who asked why?

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.

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.

Never follow the crowd.

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible—as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.

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

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

I never lost money by turning a profit.

The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.

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

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely 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.

Something that everyone knows isn't worth anything.