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Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

  • A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
  • Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
  • The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
  • To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
  • The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
  • Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.
  • 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.
  • My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, you've had a great life.
  • If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
  • There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
  • The artist needs no religion beyond his work.
  • The love we give away is the only love we keep.
  • If you suffer, thank God It is a sure sign that you are alive.
  • Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.
  • I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
  • The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
  • Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant--the digitalis of failure.
  • One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
  • No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished
  • Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
  • Life is just one damned thing after another.
  • A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
  • The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
  • The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
  • We are punished by our sins, not for them.
  • Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
  • He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much.
  • A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
  • No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
  • Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
  • Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.
  • Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
  • Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
  • 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.
  • An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
  • Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
  • The recipe for perpetual ignorance is be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.