Famous Quotes by Elbert Hubbard
Below are famous quotes by Elbert Hubbard - US author (1856 - 1915).
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
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.
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.
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
Death: To stop sinning suddenly.
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.
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.
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
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?
If you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive.
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
Live truth instead of professing it.
Men are punished by their sins, not for them.
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
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.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill their.s
The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
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.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.
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