Elbert Hubbard

• "Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.“
• "Art is not a thing it is a way.“
• "The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.“
• "Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.“
• "Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.“
• "We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.“
• "The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.“
• "Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.“
• "Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.“
• "Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.“
• "Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.“
• "A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.“
• "There is no failure except in no longer trying.“
• "A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.“
• "A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.“
• "Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.“
• "The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.“
• "Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.“
• "Fear clogs faith liberates.“
• "Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.“
• "The thing we fear we bring to pass.“
• "Fear clogs faith liberates.“
• "The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.“
• "Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.“
• "Responsibility is the price of freedom.“
• "Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.“
• "A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.“
• "Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.“
• "The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.“
• "Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.“
• "It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.“
• "Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.“
• "God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.“
• "If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.“
• "The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.“
• "The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.“
• "A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.“
• "The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.“
• "A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.“
• "God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.“
• "A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.“
• "Life in abundance comes only through great love.“
• "Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace.“
• "It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.“
• "Men are only as great as they are kind.“
• "The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.“
• "The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.“
• "A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.“
• "Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.“
• "The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.“
• "Life in abundance comes only through great love.“
• "Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.“
• "The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.“
• "Life is just one damned thing after another.“
• "Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.“
• "The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.“
• "Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.“
• "The love we give away is the only love we keep.“
• "Life in abundance comes only through great love.“
• "Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.“
• "The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.“
• "Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.“
• "Never get married in college it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.“
• "One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.“
• "Men are only as great as they are kind.“
• "The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.“
• "This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.“
• "Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.“
• "Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.“
• "How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.“
• "Positive anything is better than negative nothing.“
• "We are punished by our sins, not for them.“
• "Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.“
• "The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.“
• "It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.“
• "Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.“
• "A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.“
• "How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.“
• "The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.“
• "He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.“
• "The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.“
• "The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.“
• "One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.“
• "Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.“
• "How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.“
• "Live truth instead of professing it.“
• "Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.“
• "The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.“
• "We work to become, not to acquire.“
• "Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.“
• "One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.“
• "The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.“

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