“Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.”
Source: Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...
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“A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.”
“Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.”
Source: A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings
“Let a man once see himself as others see him, and all enthusiasm vanishes from his heart.”
Source: Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.”
Source: The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest
“Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.”
Source: Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...
Source: Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings
“A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.”
“The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel.”
Source: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard
“Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.”
Source: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors
Source: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard
“It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.”
Source: The Transaction of Business
Source: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great ...
“Blessed is the man who has found someone to do his work.”
Source: Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists ...: no. 1. Corot. no. 2. Correggio. no. 3. Bellini. no. 4. Cellini. no. 5. Abbey. no. 6. Whistler
Source: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Booker T. Washington. Thomas Arnold. Erasmus. Hypatia. St. Benedict. Mary Baker Eddy
Source: Elbert Hubbard Speaks: Being a Selection of Inspirational Essays, Each Written in the White Heat of Inspired Heart Impulses
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“An imitator is a man who succeeds in being an imitation.”
Source: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard
“Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion”
Source: Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...
Source: Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things
Source: Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others
“It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.”
Source: Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings
“Responsibiliti es gravitate to the man who can shoulder them and the power to him who knows how”
“If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?”
Source: A Message to Garcia
“Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
Source: The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“To know the great men dead is compensation for having to live with the mediocre.”
“The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.”
Source: Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings
Source: In the Spotlight: Personal Experiences of Elbert Hubbard on the American Stage
“The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are.”
Source: This Then is Consecrated Lives: Being Essays
“As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual.”
Source: Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...