Bernard Baruch Quotes

To me old age is 15 years older than I am.
Bernard M. 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 M. Baruch

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.
Bernard M. Baruch

Never follow the crowd.
Bernard M. Baruch

Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
Bernard M. Baruch

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
Bernard M. Baruch

Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people.
Bernard M. Baruch

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.
Bernard M. Baruch

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
Bernard M. Baruch

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.
Bernard M. Baruch

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

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

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
Bernard M. Baruch

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
Bernard M. Baruch

Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
Bernard M. Baruch