Quotes By 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.

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

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

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

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

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.

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

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

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

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

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.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

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.

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.