Elbert Hubbard Quotes

Elbert Hubbard (114)

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

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• It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

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• Men are only as great as they are kind.

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• No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

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• The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

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• Responsibility is the price of freedom.

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• Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

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• The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

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• The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.

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• The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

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• The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

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• The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

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• The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.

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• Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.

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• The man who has no problems is out of the game.

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• The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

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• Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

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• The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

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• Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

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• The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

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• This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

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