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Elbert Hubbard Quotes: Progress needs the brakeman, but the brakeman should not spend all his time putting on the brakes.
         

Progress needs the brakeman, but the brakeman should not spend all his time putting on the brakes.


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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.



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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.



The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.



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The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.



Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.



Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.



The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.



To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.



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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.





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