~ Elbert Hubbard Quotes ~

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Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

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Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

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Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

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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.

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As a career the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through Hell.

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An editor - a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff and to see that the chaff is printed.

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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.

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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.

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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 it.

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Be yourself and think for yourself; and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you.

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The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized vilified and misunderstood. This is part of the penalty for greatness and every man understands too that it is no proof of greatness.

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The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands nor in the perfection of their bodies but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight with the blow to live an eternity in an hour.

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The line between failure and success is so fine that we ... are often on the line and do not know it. 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. A little more persistence a little more effort and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.