Elbert Hubbard
87 quotations
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.
Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him to think.
An executive is a man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right.
Every life is its own excuse for being.
We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.
One who limits himself to his chosen mode of ignorance.
Never explain -- your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.
If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.
Your friend is that man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel.
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
Grammar is the grave of letters.
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Habit is a form of exercise
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, But quickly to see how to make them good.