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Elbert Hubbard Quotes - Page 18

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A creed is an ossified metaphor.

A creed is an ossified metaphor.

Atheism, Metaphor, Creeds

Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.

Men, Self, Deities

Elbert Hubbard (2012). “Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors”, p.86, tredition

Respectability is the dickey on the bosom of civilization.

Civilization, Bosoms, Respectability

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

No book is of much importance; the vital thing is, What do you yourself think?

Book, Thinking, Importance

Elbert Hubbard (1903). “Little Journeys to the Homes Of...: Great philosophers”

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares

Women, Maturity, Men

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

I pray that I may never meddle, interfere, dictate, give advice that is not wanted, or assist when my services are not needed. If I can help people, I'll do it by giving them a chance to help themselves; and if I can uplift or inspire, let it be by example, inference and suggestion, rather than by injunction and dictation. That is to say, I desire to be Radiant -- to Radiate Life!

Uplifting, People, Giving

A book on cheap paper does not convince. It is not prized, it is like a wheezy doctor with pigtail tobacco breath, who needs a manicure.

Book, Reading, Doctors

Elbert Hubbard (1922). “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...”

The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel.

Funny, Money, Men

Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.

Learning, Science, Men

Time is an illusion-to orators.

Illusion, Orators

Lawyers are the jackals of commerce.

Lawyer, Commerce, Jackals

Elbert Hubbard (1902). “Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings”

Strength comes from solitude, a waiting, a communion with the best in us, which is at one with the divine spark.

Strength, Waiting, Solitude

Our finest flowers are often weeds transplanted.

Weed, Flower, Finest

I believe in the Motherhood of God.

Believe, Motherhood, I Believe

Elbert Hubbard (1901). “A Message to Garcia”

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.

Flower, Mean, Effort

Elbert Hubbard (1928). “Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great ...”

Habit is a form of exercise.

Exercise, Habit, Form

Elbert Hubbard (1907). “Little journeys to the homes of ...”

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

House, Spirit, Wells

"A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard". Book by Elbert Hubbard. p. 16, 1911.

Every quarrel begins in nothing and ends in a struggle for supremacy.

Struggle, Supremacy, Ends

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

Men who sit back and pride themselves on their culture haven't any to speak of.

Pride, Men, Culture

Whom the Gods love die young no matter how long they live.

Love, Long, Matter

Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1906). “The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest”

It is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind none is quite so curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and morally superior to those who differ from us in opinion.

Facts, Opinion, Illusion

Elbert Hubbard (1907). “Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers ...: John Wesley. Henry George. Garibaldi. Richard Cobden. Thomas Paine. John Knox”

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

Funny, Blessed, Men

Elbert Hubbard (1902). “Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists ...: no. 1. Corot. no. 2. Correggio. no. 3. Bellini. no. 4. Cellini. no. 5. Abbey. no. 6. Whistler”

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it

Marriage, Literature, Endeavour

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.

Strong, Wall, Civilization

Elbert Hubbard (1922). “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...”

The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible.

Leadership, Leader, Weakness

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