Bernard Baruch Quotes (50 quotes)

“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
―Bernard Baruch

“A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't still there, he's no longer a political leader.”
[As quoted in his obituary, New York Times (21 June 1965)]
―Bernard Baruch

“A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.”
―Bernard Baruch

“Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.”
―Bernard Baruch

“Always do one thing less than you think you can do.”
―Bernard Baruch

“Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.”
―Bernard Baruch

“Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.”
―Bernard Baruch

“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.”
―Bernard Baruch

“Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”
―Bernard Baruch

“I made my money by selling too soon.”
―Bernard Baruch

“I never lost money by turning a profit.”
―Bernard Baruch

“If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.”
―Bernard Baruch

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Bernard Baruch

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Born: August 19, 1870

Died: June 20, 1965

Nationality: American

Occupation: Businessman

Bio: Bernard Mannes Baruch was an American financier, stock-market speculator, 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.

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