Elbert Hubbard Quotes

• A pessimist? That’s a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.

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• A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

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• A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

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  Tags in Man, Woman

• A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

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  Tags in Hopeless, Glorious

• A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.

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• We are punished by our sins, not for them.

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• Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

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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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• Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

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• Never get married in college; it’s hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you’ve already made one mistake.

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

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  Tags in Friends, Like, Know

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

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  Tags in Friends, Enemies, Need

• A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

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  Topics in Friendship, Love

  Tags in Friends, Same

• We work to become, not to acquire.

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

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• God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

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  Topics in Ability, Achievement, God, Wisdom

  Tags in Faith

• Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.

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• Whom the gods love, die young, no matter how long they live.

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  Topics in Youth

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

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  Topics in Work

• A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience.

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  Topics in Failure

Elbert Hubbard (117)

Birth:	19th June, 1856
Death:	7th May, 1915
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Philosopher, Publisher, Writer

About

Elbert Green Hubbard was born in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was an American writer, publisher, and philosopher. Presently Hubbard is known best as the initiator of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, a realization of the Arts and Crafts philosophy. Among his many publications were the nine-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short publication A Message to Garcia. He wrote a critique of war, law and government in the booklet Jesus Was An Anarchist. He edited and published two magazines, The Philistine and The Fra.

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