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 the goal. - Elbert Hubbard
Business, to be successful, must be based on science, for demand and supply are matters of mathematics, not guesswork. - Elbert Hubbard
Men are punished by their sins, not for them. - Elbert Hubbard
Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory. - Elbert Hubbard
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually afraid you will make one. - Elbert Hubbard
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience. - Elbert Hubbard
I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. - Elbert Hubbard
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. - Elbert Hubbard
I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author. - Elbert Hubbard
The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it. - Elbert Hubbard
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is. - Elbert Hubbard
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things. - Elbert Hubbard
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do. - Elbert Hubbard
The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one. - Elbert Hubbard
No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. - Elbert Hubbard
Folks who never do more than their paid for, never get paid for any more than they do. - Elbert Hubbard
A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets. - Elbert Hubbard
True life lies in laughter, love and work. - Elbert Hubbard
Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive. - Elbert Hubbard
I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW. - Elbert Hubbard
A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join. - Elbert Hubbard
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. - Elbert Hubbard
Never explain―your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. - Elbert Hubbard
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. - Elbert Hubbard
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber. - Elbert Hubbard
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit. - Elbert Hubbard
Logic is an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice. - Elbert Hubbard
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars. - Elbert Hubbard
Editor: a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to seperate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed. - Elbert Hubbard
Live truth instead of professing it. - Elbert Hubbard
If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate. - Elbert Hubbard
The love we give away is the only love we keep. - Elbert Hubbard
I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid. - Elbert Hubbard
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. - Elbert Hubbard
Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. - Elbert Hubbard
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars. - Elbert Hubbard
I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts. - Elbert Hubbard
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. - Elbert Hubbard
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it. - Elbert Hubbard
Death: To stop sinning suddenly. - Elbert Hubbard
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. - Elbert Hubbard
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it. - Elbert Hubbard
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success? - Elbert Hubbard
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. - Elbert Hubbard
To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom. - Elbert Hubbard
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success. - 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
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. - Elbert Hubbard
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. - 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
Life is just one damned thing after another. - Elbert Hubbard
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same. - Elbert Hubbard
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher. - Elbert Hubbard
If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names. - Elbert Hubbard
Art is not a thing; it is a way. - Elbert Hubbard
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill their.s - Elbert Hubbard
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards. - Elbert Hubbard
Life in abundance comes only through great love. - Elbert Hubbard
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace. - Elbert Hubbard
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. - Elbert Hubbard
If you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive. - Elbert Hubbard
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. - Elbert Hubbard
The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife. - Elbert Hubbard
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. - Elbert Hubbard
There is no failure except in no longer trying. - Elbert Hubbard
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. - Elbert Hubbard
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. - Elbert Hubbard
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour. - Elbert Hubbard