Elbert Hubbard

To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.

A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.

If you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive.

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

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

In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.

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

The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

Life is just one damned thing after another.

The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.

The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.

Live truth instead of professing it.

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

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

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

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

A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.

A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. That is part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure continously without resentment.

Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do.

Death: To stop sinning suddenly.

A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill their.s

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

Men are punished by their sins, not for them.

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

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Editor: a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to seperate 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.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

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

- Elbert Hubbard