Elbert Hubbard Quotes

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Elbert Hubbard

Profession : Writer

Birth : June 19, 1856

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

Elbert Hubbard

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

Elbert Hubbard

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

Elbert Hubbard

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

Elbert Hubbard

Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.

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Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

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The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

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Men are only as great as they are kind.

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An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.

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The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.

Elbert Hubbard

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.

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No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

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The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

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The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.

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The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

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Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.

Elbert Hubbard

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

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Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

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Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.

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