Elbert Hubbard Quotes

Elbert Hubbard (106)

Birth:	19th June, 1856
Death:	7th May, 1915
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Philosopher, Publisher, Writer

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• Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

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  Tags in Character, Mental

• Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

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• Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

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• Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant – the digitalis of failure.

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• 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.

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

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  Tags in Yourself, Things

• 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.

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• Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.

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• It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

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• How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

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• If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

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• If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

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• If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

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  Tags in Mans, Argument

• Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

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• In order to have friends, you must first be one.

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

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• Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

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• Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.

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  Tags in Heart, Competition

• He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

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  Topics in Success

• 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.

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  Tags in Cheer, Word