Elbert Hubbard Quotes
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
Elbert Hubbard
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
Elbert Hubbard
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
Elbert Hubbard
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.
Elbert Hubbard
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Elbert Hubbard
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.
Elbert Hubbard
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.
Elbert Hubbard
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Elbert Hubbard
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.
Elbert Hubbard
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Elbert Hubbard
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Elbert Hubbard
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
Elbert Hubbard
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Elbert Hubbard
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
Elbert Hubbard
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
Elbert Hubbard
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Elbert Hubbard
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
Elbert Hubbard
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.
Elbert Hubbard
It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
Elbert Hubbard
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.
Elbert Hubbard
Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.
Elbert Hubbard