J. G. Hubbard Quotes

An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.

Love is not really blind- the bandage is never so tight but that it can peep.

When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.

Put yourself in the other man's place and then you will know why he thinks certain things and does certain deeds.

Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.

History: gossip well told.

Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. Happiness is a habit. Cultivate it.

Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.

Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown

Not only does beauty fade, but it leaves a record upon the face as to what became of it.

No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon it.

Righteous indignation: your own wrath as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others

The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel.

Life is a movement outward, an unfolding.

A form of self-delusion.

Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.

Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.

Men who sit back and pride themselves on their culture haven't any to speak of.

I will gladly lecture for fifty dollars, but I'll not be a guest for less than a hundred.

Litigation: A form of hell whereby money is transferred from the pockets of the proletariat to that of lawyers.

I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.

Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has traveled is the worst.

Only one fellow in ten thousand understands the currency question, and we meet him every day.

One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married.

Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.

In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late.

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously - the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.

Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity.

Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty.

It's the good loser who finally loses out.

It seems that nothing ever gets to going good till there's a few resignations

It used to be that a fellow went on the police force when everything else failed, but today he goes in the advertising game.

The way out is the way through.

Inaction and indecision in the present is because of fear of consequences of the future.

What is important is how much service you can give the world and how much you can get done and how much better you can make things.

Make money. Make more money. Make others produce so as to make money... However you get them in or why, just do it.

Save the child and you save the nation.

Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. And yet every man, before he can be a true friend to the world, must first become a friend to himself.

A human being feels able and competent only so long as he is permitted to contribute as much as or more than he has contributed to him.

The way to happiness requires that one set a good example for others.

Personnel and their capacity for work on their exact jobs is the basic key to income and success.

Boldness in itself is genius.

The greatest ability in the whole human race and all amongst the livingness, is the ability to help.

Lifes light. Life is light. You can make light do anything you want to. Photography means 'light writing'.

Living is having and following a purpose. That's all.

When you can be your own best audience and when your applause is the best applause you know of, youre in good shape.

One cannot hold power and not use it.

Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline.