Elbert Hubbard Quotes
Elbert Hubbard Quotes
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
3409Professor [John] Tyndall once said the finest inspiration he ever received was from an old man who could scarcely read. This man acted as his servant. Each morning the old man would knock on the door of the scientist and call, 'Arise, Sir: it is near seven o'clock and you have great work to do today.
3148 Sunday, with its immunity from work, was devised for slaves who got out of all the work they could during the week.
4028 The love we give away is the only love we keep.
1743 Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
3765 The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
4387 Life is just one damned thing after another.
1499 True life lies in laughter, love and work.
2990 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.
2161 Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
4543 There is no failure except in no longer trying.
3382 I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.
3230 So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
3113 God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.
1325 I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
1623 This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
2026 The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.
1146 I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
4392 Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
2000 Science is simply the classification of the common knowledge of the common people. It is bringing together the things we all know and putting them together so we can use them. This is creation and finds its analogy in Nature, where the elements are combined in certain ways to give us fruits or flowers or grain.
1722 Art is not a thing; it is a way.
2858 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.
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