Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

Quotes

• 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.