Elbert Hubbard Quotes
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.Elbert Hubbard
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - - The digitalis of failure.Elbert Hubbard
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.Elbert Hubbard
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.Elbert Hubbard
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.Elbert Hubbard
Death: To stop sinning suddenly.Elbert Hubbard
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.Elbert Hubbard
If you suffer, thank God It is a sure sign that you are alive.Elbert Hubbard
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.Elbert Hubbard
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.Elbert Hubbard
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.Elbert Hubbard
He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much.Elbert Hubbard
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.Elbert Hubbard
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.Elbert Hubbard
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.Elbert Hubbard
Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.Elbert Hubbard
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.Elbert Hubbard
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.Elbert Hubbard
Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.Elbert Hubbard
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.Elbert Hubbard
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.Elbert Hubbard
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.Elbert Hubbard
No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.Elbert Hubbard
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.Elbert Hubbard
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.Elbert Hubbard
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?Elbert Hubbard
The love we give away is the only love we keep.Elbert Hubbard
If you suffer, thank God! - - It is a sure sign that you are alive.Elbert Hubbard
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.Elbert Hubbard
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.Elbert Hubbard
Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.Elbert Hubbard
The artist needs no religion beyond his work.Elbert Hubbard
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.Elbert Hubbard
To know when to be generous and when to be firm - - This is wisdom.Elbert Hubbard
Enthusiasm is the great hill - Climber.Elbert Hubbard
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.Elbert Hubbard
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.Elbert Hubbard
