Quotes by
Elbert Hubbard |
1856-1915 , American writer
American writer, publisher, artist, businessman, anarchist and libertarian socialist philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement. He and his wife Alice Moore Hubbard died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
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Quotations
| • | The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be. 11 |
| • | The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. 10 |
| • | Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive. 7 |
| • | Responsibility is the price of freedom. 7 |
| • | Art is not a thing; it is a way. 6 |
| • | There was one who thought he was above me, and he was above me until he had that thought. 6 |
| • | Life is just one damn thing after another. 5 |
| • | I believe that no one can harm you but yourself. 5 |
| • | If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate. 5 |
| • | One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. 5 |
| • | If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion. 5 |
| • | Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. 5 |
| • | He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. 5 |
| • | There is no failure except in no longer trying. 5 |
| • | The path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked. 5 |
| • | Life is a compromise between fate and free will. 5 |
| • | Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyhow. 4 |
| • | The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. 4 |
| • | It takes brains to make money, but any dam fool can inherit. P.S.: I never inherited any money. 4 |
| • | Good people are only half as good, and bad people only half as bad, as other people regard them. 4 |
| • | Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes. 4 |
| • | Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing, and you'll never be criticized. 4 |
| • | Life in abundance comes only through great love. 4 |
| • | Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves. 4 |
| • | No matter how long you live, die young. 4 |
| • | The reward of a good deed is in having done it. 4 |
| • | Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it. 3 |
| • | Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. 3 |
| • | When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. 3 |
| • | I believe there is no devil but fear. 3 |
| • | If we ever damned it will not be because we have loved too much, but because we have loved too little. 3 |
| • | A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience. 3 |
| • | An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all. 3 |
| • | If you err it is not for me to punish you. We are punished by our sins not for them. 3 |
| • | God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars. 3 |
| • | The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. 3 |
| • | Happiness is a habit—cultivate it. 3 |
| • | True life lies in laughter, love and work. 3 |
| • | If you can not answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names. 3 |
| • | The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. 3 |
| • | A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run. 3 |
| • | Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. 3 |
| • | Positive anything is better than negative nothing. 3 |
| • | If you want work well done, select a busy man‚ the other kind has no time. 2 |
| • | Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes a day. Wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit. 2 |
| • | We work to become, not to acquire. 2 |
| • | Righteous indignation: Your own wrath as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others. 2 |
| • | The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. 2 |
| • | I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts. 2 |
| • | A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. 2 |
Funny Quotes
| • | Heaven: the Coney Island of the Christian imagination. 2 |
