Elbert Hubbard Quotes

“It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.”

“Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.”

“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.”

“Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.”

“The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.”

“Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.”

“Postponement: The father of failure.”

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”

“Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.”

“The newspapers print what the people want, and thus does the savage still swing his club and flourish his spear.”

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.”

“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.”

“Fences are made for those who cannot fly.”

“If you don't advertise yourself you will be advertised by your loving enemies.”

“Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.”

“Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.”

“Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.”

“Blessed is the man who has found someone to do his work.”

“Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.”

“Nothing is permanent but change.”

“Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.”

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

“Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.”

“Your enemy is one who misunderstands you; why should you not rise above the fog and see his error and respect him for the good qualities you find in him?”

“The finest flowers are those transplanted, for transplanting means difficulty, a readjusting to new conditions, and through the effort put forth to find adjustment does the plant progress.”