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Elbert Hubbard Quotes - Page 4

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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

Inspirational, Pounds, Performances

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

Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.

Faith, Believe, Common Sense

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Strength, Success, Being Strong

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

The reward of a good deed is in having done it.

Rewards, Done, Deeds

I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.

Book, Reading, Conversation

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

Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.

Emotion, Logic, Reason

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

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

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

A Thousand and One Epigrams (1911)

Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.

Motivational, Sports, Men

Most people like hard work, particularly when they're paying for it.

Leadership, Sports, Work

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.

Work, Believe, One Day At A Time

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

I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.

Strong, Labor Day, Weak

Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1912). “The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest”

The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.

Men, Risk, Done

Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.

Hard Work, Genius, Moral

Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.

Fear, Exercise, Poisonous

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

Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.

Inspirational, Monday, Impossible Things

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

We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.

Asks

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

There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.

Pride

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

Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors

Peace, Men, Sky

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

If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.

Men, Paradise, Stills

Elbert Hubbard (1917). “In the Spotlight: Personal Experiences of Elbert Hubbard on the American Stage”

No man ever did or can do a great work alone.

Work, Men, Great Work

Elbert Hubbard (1912). “Little journeys to the homes of eminent artists”

Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.

Ignorance, Dignity, Hiding

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

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a 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 contumely without resentment.

Lying, Greatness, Men

Elbert Hubbard (2008). “A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings”, p.55, Penguin

When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.

Inspirational, Courage, Motivation

We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.

Enemy

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

Success consists in the climb.

Climbs

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