Top 461 Quotes & Sayings by Elbert Hubbard
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Last updated on September 16, 2024.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
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.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
Fear clogs; faith liberates.
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.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
Initiative is doing the right things without being told.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
In order to have friends, you must first be one.
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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.
We are not punished for our sins, but by them.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Live truth instead of professing 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.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
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 to your goal.
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
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.
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
We work to become, not to acquire.
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
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