Elbert Hubbard
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
We are not punished for our sins, but by them.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
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 highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
In order to have friends, you must first be one.
Initiative is doing the right things without being told.
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.
No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
Men are only as great as they are kind.
The man who has no problems is out of the game.
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
Fear clogs; faith liberates.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
The thing we fear we bring to pass.
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.
The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.
Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.Collection: Motivational
If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he represents. Remember, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must growl, condemn, and eternally find fault - resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content - but as long as you are part of the institution, do not condemn it. If you do, the first high wind that comes along will blow you away, and probably you will never know why.Collection: Loyalty
Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.Collection: People
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.Collection: Inspirational
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.Collection: Greatness
Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.Collection: Motivational
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.Collection: Self
People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.Collection: Thinking