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Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard

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.

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

Elbert Hubbard

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - theres so little competition.

Elbert Hubbard

We work to become, not to acquire.

Elbert Hubbard

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

Elbert Hubbard

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

Elbert Hubbard

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

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

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

Fear clogs faith liberates.

Elbert Hubbard