Elbert Hubbard Quotes

Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.
Elbert Hubbard
Whom the gods love die young no matter how long they live.
Elbert Hubbard
We work to become not to acquire.
Elbert Hubbard
If you want a work well done select a busy man: the other kind has no time.
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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Elbert Hubbard
Victory - a matter of staying power.
Elbert Hubbard
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Elbert Hubbard
The past is one evil less and one memory more.
Elbert Hubbard
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
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Some men succeed by what they know some by what they do and a few by what they are.
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Souls are made of dawn-stuff and starshine.
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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.
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Be yourself and think for yourself and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you.
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The cure for grief is motion.
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Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious but who understands the non-existent.
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The thing we fear we bring to pass.
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Where much is expected from an individual he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
Elbert Hubbard
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
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Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
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A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
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Time is an illusion-to orators.
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Time is an eternal guest that banquets on our ideals and bodies.
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Know what you want to do hold the thought firmly and do every day what should be done and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.
Elbert Hubbard
The line between failure and success is so fine that we ... are often on the line and do not know it. 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. A little more persistence a little more effort and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Elbert Hubbard
An editor - a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff and to see that the chaff is printed.
Elbert Hubbard
We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.
Elbert Hubbard
Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious but who understands the non-existent.
Elbert Hubbard
The thing we fear we bring to pass.
Elbert Hubbard
Where much is expected from an individual he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
Elbert Hubbard
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
Elbert Hubbard
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
Elbert Hubbard
A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
Elbert Hubbard
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
Elbert Hubbard
Time is an illusion-to orators.
Elbert Hubbard
Time is an eternal guest that banquets on our ideals and bodies.
Elbert Hubbard
Know what you want to do hold the thought firmly and do every day what should be done and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.
Elbert Hubbard
The line between failure and success is so fine that we ... are often on the line and do not know it. 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. A little more persistence a little more effort and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Elbert Hubbard
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
Elbert Hubbard
An editor - a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff and to see that the chaff is printed.
Elbert Hubbard
We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.
Elbert Hubbard
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
Elbert Hubbard
The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized vilified and misunderstood. This is part of the penalty for greatness and every man understands too that it is no proof of greatness.
Elbert Hubbard
Polygamy: an endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.
Elbert Hubbard
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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The love we give away is the only one we keep.
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Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace.
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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.
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Remember this: If you work for a man in Heaven's name work for him. If he pays you wages which supply you bread and butter work for him speak well of him stand by the institution he represents. If put to a pinch an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify condemn and eternally disparage - resign your position and when you are on the outside damn to your heart's content but as long as you are part of the institution do not condemn it.
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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.
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Charity begins at home and usually stays there.
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Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.
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Life without absorbing occupation is hell.
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Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
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Friend: One who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
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Friendship like credit is highest where it is not used.
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A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
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To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things .
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We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.
Elbert Hubbard
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Elbert Hubbard