Elbert Hubbard Quotes - Page 2

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized vilified and misunderstood. This is part of the penalty for greatness and every man understands too that it is no proof of greatness.

If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.

Life without absorbing occupation is hell.

Charity begins at home and usually stays there.

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

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

Victory - a matter of staying power.

Be yourself and think for yourself and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you.

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.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.

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

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.

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

We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.

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 the goal.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

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

Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious but who understands the non-existent.

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

A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.

Men are punished by their sins, not for them.

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

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

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

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

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleve

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