Occupation: Financier Birth: August 19, 1870 Death: June 20, 1965
Don't speculate unless you can make it a full time job..
You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache..
It is far more difficult... to know when to sell a stock than when to buy..
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..
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 ….
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….
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart and soul..
When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell..
There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure..
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth..
We are here today to make a choice between the quick and the dead..
Bears don't live on Park Avenue..
Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four..
A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs..
Never answer a critic, unless he's right..
If you have made a mistake cut your losses as quickly as possible..
Recipe for success: Be polite, prepare yourself for whatever you are asked to do, keep yourself tidy, be cheerful, don't be envious, be honest with y….
The terror created by weaponry has never stopped men from employing them..
Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others..
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want..
I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men..