Elbert Hubbard
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
Elbert HubbardA committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
Elbert HubbardOne machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Elbert HubbardMen are only as great as they are kind.
Elbert HubbardThe only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
Elbert HubbardThe difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight in one blow, to live eternity in an hour.
Elbert HubbardOur admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
Elbert HubbardThe teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
Elbert HubbardIf you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
Elbert HubbardTo know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.
Elbert HubbardYou can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
Elbert HubbardOptimism is a kind of heart stimulus--the digitalis of failure.
Elbert HubbardMen are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
Elbert HubbardThe reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
Elbert HubbardOne can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
Elbert HubbardWhat others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
Elbert HubbardFriendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
Elbert HubbardHappiness is a habit - cultivate it.
Elbert HubbardEvery life is its own excuse for being.
Elbert HubbardResponsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them; power flows to the man who knows how.
Elbert HubbardThe cure for grief is motion.
Elbert HubbardI would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Elbert HubbardLife without absorbing occupation is hell.
Elbert HubbardCharacter is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Elbert HubbardBe pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
Elbert Hubbard
