Elbert Hubbard Quotes

Elbert Hubbard (106)

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

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• It is the weak man who urges compromise — never the strong man.

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  Topics in Compromise

  Tags in Weakness, Strength

• Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Friends, Enemies, Need

• Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.

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  Topics in Religion

  Tags in Diversity, Good, Reason

• The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed – it is a process of elimination.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Elimination, Chipping, Produces, Needed, Marble, Block, Sculptor, Process, Statue, Away, Parts, Beautiful, Such

• A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

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  Topics in Love

  Tags in Friends, Same

• The love we give away is the only love we keep.

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  Topics in Love

  Tags in Giving

• The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Competence, Adversity

• Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Writing

• Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

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  Topics in Genius

  Tags in Limitations, Stupidity
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  A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience.

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  Topics in Experience, Failure

  Tags in Able

• A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience.

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  Topics in Failure

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

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  Topics in Ability, Achievement

• Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

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

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  Topics in Religion

• One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

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  Topics in Technology

• Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

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  Topics in Success

• We work to become, not to acquire.

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  Topics in Work

• If you want a work well done, select a busy man: the other kind has no time.

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  Topics in Work

• Whom the gods love, die young, no matter how long they live.

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  Topics in Youth

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

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  Topics in Work