Elbert Hubbard Quotes

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Elbert Hubbard

Profession : Writer

Birth : June 19, 1856

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

Elbert Hubbard

We work to become, not to acquire.

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

Elbert Hubbard

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

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The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Elbert Hubbard

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

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

Elbert Hubbard

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

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In order to have friends, you must first be one.

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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.

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Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.

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How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

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Live truth instead of professing it.

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Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

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

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The man who has no problems is out of the game.

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If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

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Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

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