Elbert Hubbard Quotes

A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join.

Nothing is permanent but change.

The art of winning in business is in working hard - not taking things too seriously.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

Don't make excuses, make good.

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

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.

If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for him speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

Our finest flowers are often weeds transplanted.

Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.

Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.

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.

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

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

A creed is an ossified metaphor.

The home is a tryst-the place where we retire and shut the world out.

Talent does things tolerably well; genius does then intolerably better

Study: concentration of the mind on whatever will ultimately put something in your pocket.

The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is able to get his goods into the show-window, and the other is not aware that he has any show-window or any goods.

The brain is a commodity used to fertilize ideas.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

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