Bernard Baruch was a very wealthy businessman. Here are some quotes that he has said throughout his lifetime:

There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure.

We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.

Never follow the crowd.

No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.

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

Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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

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.

Don’t try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can’t be done except by liars.

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.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

There you have it, quotes from a man who has one of the best business schools named after him.