Quotes By Elbert Hubbard

No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

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.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

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.

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

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

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

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

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

The man who has no problems is out of the game.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.

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.

Live truth instead of professing it.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

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.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

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

In order to have friends, you must first be one.