Elbert Hubbard

Quotes

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.
Folks who never do more than their paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually afraid you will make one.
A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.
Logic is an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.
Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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.
Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
If you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive.
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. That is part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure continously without resentment.
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.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill their.s
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do.
Men are punished by their sins, not for them.
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
Death: To stop sinning suddenly.
The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.
Editor: a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to seperate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join.
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
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.
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
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 greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them; power to the man who knows how.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
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.
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
Some succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.