J. G. Hubbard Quotes

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

Intelligent people are always on the unpopular side of anything.

We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.

If you want work well done, select a busy man - the other kind has no time.

Fences are made for those who cannot fly.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

True life lies in laughter, love and work.

It's not any more unusual to be born twice than it is to be born once.

Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.

You're here so you're a Scientologist. Now we're going to make you into an expert auditor no matter what happens. We'd rather have you dead than incapable.

Insecurity exists in the absence of knowledge. All security derives from knowledge.

Everything comes too late for those who only wait.

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.

Victory; a matter of staying power.

And that is my wish for you: flourish and prosper!

I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.

One of the commonest ailments of the present day is the premature formation of opinion.

Today's children will become tomorrow's civilization.

I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.

Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides.

The reward of a good deed is in having done it.

A loafer always has the correct time.

Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.

As we grow better, we meet better people.

The wrong thing to do about any given circumstance or situation is to do nothing.

No matter how long you live, die young.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.

You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.

It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth once they inherit it.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.

Dreams, goals, ambitions - these are the stuff man uses for fuel.

Art is a word which summarizes the quality of communication.

Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

The cure for grief is motion.

Young women with ambitions should be very crafty and cautious, lest mayhap they be caught in the soft, silken mesh of a happy marriage, and go down to oblivion, dead to the world.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.