Bernard Baruch Quotes - Page 2

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

I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.

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

Become more humble as the market goes your way.

It is far more difficult... to know when to sell a stock than when to buy.

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.

All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.

We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.

Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.

I made my money by selling too soon.

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.

Colleges don't teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past. An economist must know, besides his subject, ethics, logic, philosophy, the humanities and sociology, in fact everything that is part of how we live and react to one another.

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

Don't speculate unless you can make it a full time job.

Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four.

I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men.

I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort. .

Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.

Now is always the hardest time to invest.

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.

Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.

Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul.

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.

We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.

Never follow the crowd.