Elbert Hubbard
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
Some succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.
If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work.
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them; power to the man who knows how.
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know…
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you