Elbert Hubbard Quotes

“Live truth instead of professing it.”

“There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.”

“The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.”

“Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.”

“The more one knows, the more one simplifies.”

“The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.”

“I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.”

“Opportunities for education should be within the reach of every individual, not for the lucky few.”

“History: gossip well told.”

“I will gladly lecture for fifty dollars, but I'll not be a guest for less than a hundred.”

“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.”

“Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.”

“Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.”

“The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs.”

“A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.”

“In a state of nature, the weakest go to the wall; in a state of over-refinement, both the weak and the strong go to the gutter.”

“I have no perfect panacea for human ills. And even if I had I would not attempt to present a system of philosophy between the soup and fish.”

“A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.”

“We work to become, not to acquire.”

“When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.”

“I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”

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

“Every knock is a boost.”

“When we really live truth, we will cease to talk about it.”

“Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you”