Quotes By Elbert Hubbard

Men are only as great as they are kind.

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.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

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

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

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.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

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

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

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.

We work to become, not to acquire.

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

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

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.

This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

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