Elbert Hubbard
Found 105 thoughts of Elbert Hubbard
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
Elbert Hubbard
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
Elbert Hubbard
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Elbert Hubbard
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
Elbert Hubbard
The 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 Hubbard
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
Elbert Hubbard
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
Elbert Hubbard
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
Elbert Hubbard
To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.
Elbert Hubbard
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
Elbert Hubbard
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulus--the digitalis of failure.
Elbert Hubbard
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
Elbert Hubbard
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
Elbert Hubbard
One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
Elbert Hubbard
What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
Elbert Hubbard
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
Elbert Hubbard
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them; power flows to the man who knows how.
Elbert Hubbard
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Elbert Hubbard
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Elbert Hubbard
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
Elbert Hubbard
