“In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.” — Bernard Baruch

Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.

Never follow the crowd.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.