Quotes by Elbert Hubbard
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
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Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
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The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
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All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.
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Editor: A person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
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Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
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Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
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God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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History: a collection of epitaphs.
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College football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.
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Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hopes that the cow will back up to them.
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Don't make excuses - make good.
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So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs.
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The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.
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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.
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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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The greatest mistake in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.
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Marriage: A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other for ninety-nine years, or until death do them join.
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To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
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Logic is one thing and commonsense another.
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There is no failure except in no longer trying.
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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
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