Quotes By Elbert Hubbard

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.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

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

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.

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

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

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

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

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

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

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

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.

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

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

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

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

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

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

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

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

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