Elbert Hubbard Quotes
Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
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.
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
The man who has no problems is out of the game.
The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
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.
