Elbert Hubbard: Thing

“Art is not a thing; it is a way.”

“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.”

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

“It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.”

“It's a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”

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

“The great Big Black Things that have loomed against the horizon of my life, threatening to devour me, simply loomed and nothing more. The things that have really made me miss my train have always been sweet, soft, pretty, pleasant things of which I was not in the least afraid.”

“The sad thing about the optimist is his state of mind concerning himself.”

“Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.”

“There is no such thing as success in a bad business.”

“Life is just one damn thing after another.”