Quotes By Elbert Hubbard

Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

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

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

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

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

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

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

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 to your goal.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

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.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

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

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

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.