Quotes by Financiers

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.
J.P. Morgan
Vote for the man who promises least he'll be the least disappointing.
Bernard Baruch
A man always has two reasons for what he does--a good one, and the real one.
J.P. Morgan
Never follow the crowd.
Bernard M. Baruch
Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.
Bernard M. Baruch
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
Bernard M. Baruch
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
Bernard M. Baruch
Millions saw the apple fall, Newton was the only one who asked why?
Bernard M. Baruch
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
Bernard Baruch
Always do one thing less than you think you can do.
Bernard M. Baruch
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.
Bernard M. Baruch
Let us not be deceived - we are today in the midst of a cold war.
Bernard Baruch
Tolerance is a tremendous virtue but the immediate neighbours of tolerance are apathy and weakness.
Sir James Goldsmith
Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening that talking.
Bernard Baruch
None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread.
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 Baruch
Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
Bernard M. Baruch
Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts
Bernard M. Baruch
None of us can be free of conflict and woe. Even the greatest men have had to accept disappointments as their daily bread. ... The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Bernard M. Baruch
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Bernard M. Baruch
I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.
Bernard M. Baruch
You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.
Bernard M. Baruch
Well I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do.
J.P. Morgan
To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
Bernard Baruch