Elbert Hubbard: Trending quotes (page 3)

“If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate.”

“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.”

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

“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”

“Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.”

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

“I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.”

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

“True life lies in laughter, love and work.”

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

“The line between failure and success is so fine… that we are often on the line and do not know it.”

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

“Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do”

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

“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.”

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

“So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.”

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

“If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

(, 1928)”