Elbert Hubbard Quotes

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.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

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

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

We work to become, not to acquire.

Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

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

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.

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

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

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.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

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.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.