Elbert Hubbard Quotes

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

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

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

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.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.

Editor: A person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed

Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

If you can`t answer a man`s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

Your neighbor is the man who needs you

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

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader

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

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

Grammar is the grave of letters

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

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

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

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