Elbert Hubbard Quotes

“He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.”

“There is a wild, splendid, intoxicating joy that follows work well done.”

“Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.”

“You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.”

“The brain is a commodity used to fertilize ideas.”

“Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.”

“Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.”

“One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.”

“History: a collection of epitaphs.”

“It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.”

“Our finest flowers are often weeds transplanted.”

“Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.”

“Woman's inaptitude for reasoning has not prevented her from arriving at truth; nor has man's ability to reason prevented him from floundering in absurdity.”

“What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.”

“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.”

“Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced.”

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

“We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess.”

“Time is an illusion-to orators.”

“Natural joy brings no headaches and no heartaches.”

“The past is one evil less and one memory more.”

“Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.”

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

“Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.”

“You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.”