128 Quotes by Bernard Baruch

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

Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.

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.

Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all... Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot--or if you do not know how to improve on things--then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.

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

Old age is always 15 years older than I am.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.

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

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