Elbert Hubbard > Quotes

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Never explain―your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“The love we give away is the only love we keep.”
― Elbert Hubbard

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

“I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.”
― Elbert Hubbard

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

“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Life is just one damned thing after another.”
― Elbert Hubbard, Philistine: A Periodical of Protest, December 1895 to May 1896

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“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.”
― Elbert Hubbard

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

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”
― Elbert Hubbard

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

“If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“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.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.”
― Elbert Hubbard

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

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

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

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

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

“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Art is not a thing; it is a way. ”
― Elbert Hubbard

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

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