Elbert Hubbard Quotes

“Strength and strength's will are the supreme ethic. All else are dreams from hospital beds, the sly, crawling goodness of sneaking souls.”

“Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.”

“Lawyers are the jackals of commerce.”

“Some one has said that we are moving so fast that when plans are being made to perform some great feat, these plans are broken into by a youth who enters and says, “I have done it."”

“Responsibility is the price of freedom.”

“Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.”

“Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do”

“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”

“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.”

“War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war. The man who prides himself on fisticuffs is going, some day, to meet a man who considers himself the better man, and they will test the issue.”

“Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.”

“A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who ''lives well.''”

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

“The cure for grief is motion.”

“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat exceptfrom within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.”

“Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.”

“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”

“The Businessman is one who supplies something great and good to the world, and collects from the world for the goods.”

“The man who has no problems is out of the game.”

“If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for him speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.”

“Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.”

“I believe that the best way to prepare for a Future Life is to be kind, live one day at a time, and do the work you can do best, doing it as well as you can.”

“Real life is in love, laughter, and work.”

“A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.”

“Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.”