Elbert Hubbard Quotes

Elbert Hubbard Quote

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard

Friendship, Friend, Same

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Elbert Hubbard

Funny, Life, Alive

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

Friendship, Friends, Explain

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Elbert Hubbard

Friendship, Friend, Knows

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

Wisdom, Fool, Five

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Elbert Hubbard

Hope, Success, Failure

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

Nothing, Criticism, Avoid

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Elbert Hubbard

Positive, Nothing, Negative

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Elbert Hubbard

Silence, Words, Understand

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
Elbert Hubbard

Motivational, Work, Heart

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Elbert Hubbard

Work, Good, Best

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Elbert Hubbard

Graduation, God, Scars

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Elbert Hubbard

Life, Greatest, Mistake

Responsibility is the price of freedom.
Elbert Hubbard

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Elbert Hubbard

Knowledge, Ignorance, Opinions

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
Elbert Hubbard

Home, Ignorance, America

The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Elbert Hubbard

Love, Give, Away

Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Elbert Hubbard

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Elbert Hubbard

Great, Good, True

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

Marriage, Hard, Made

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.
Elbert Hubbard

Death, Die, Stop

Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Elbert Hubbard

Life, Love, Great

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
Elbert Hubbard

Though, Meet, Answers

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
Elbert Hubbard

Success, Able, Pray

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 to your goal.
Elbert Hubbard

Done, Thought, Goal

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: June 19, 1859

Died: May 7, 1915

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