Quotes By Elbert Hubbard

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

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

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

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

If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

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

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

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

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

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

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

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

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

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

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

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

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

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

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.

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

Live truth instead of professing it.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

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

Men are only as great as they are kind.

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

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

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.