Elbert Hubbard Quotes
I am not sure just what the unpardonable sin is, but I believe it is a disposition to evade the payment of small bills.
If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleve
I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.
Never explain―your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Business, to be successful, must be based on science, for demand and supply are matters of mathematics, not guesswork.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
As a career the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through Hell.
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.
Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
An editor - a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff and to see that the chaff is printed.
Know what you want to do hold the thought firmly and do every day what should be done and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.
Where much is expected from an individual he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious but who understands the non-existent.
Be yourself and think for yourself and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed- it is a process of elimination.