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Famous Elbert Hubbard Quotes
“Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.”
“Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.”
“The finest friendships are between those who can do without each other.”
“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.”
“A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.”
“The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.”
“Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.”
“Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.”
“Don't make excuses, make good.”
“Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.”
“Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.”
“Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.”
“There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.”
“If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.”
“Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.”
“Allow motion to equal emotion.”
“Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.”
“Not only does beauty fade, but it leaves a record upon the face as to what became of it.”
“The art of winning in business is in working hard - not taking things too seriously.”
“Freedom is the supreme good; freedom from self imposed limitation.”
“Life without absorbing occupation is hell; joy consists in forgetting life.”
“Every life is its own excuse for being.”
“Let a man once see himself as others see him, and all enthusiasm vanishes from his heart.”
“If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.”
“Action is thought tempered by illusion.”
“A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.”
“Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.”
“Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.”
“If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.”
“You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.”
“Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.”
“Give us a religion that will help us to live - we can die without assistance.”