Elbert Hubbard Quotes

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
Elbert Hubbard

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
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.
Elbert Hubbard

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
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I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
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Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
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No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
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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.
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Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do.
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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?
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Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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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 to your goal.
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Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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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.
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Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
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He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
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The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
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Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
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Art is not a thing; it is a way.
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Live truth instead of professing it.
Elbert Hubbard

There is no failure except in no longer trying.
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An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
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The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
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The man who has no problems is out of the game.
Elbert Hubbard

We work to become, not to acquire.
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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
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If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
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The love we give away is the only love we keep.
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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
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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.
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