The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
ELBERT HUBBARDBe yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
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Failure — The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
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Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.
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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.
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Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
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The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
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Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.
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All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
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Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.
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I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love…I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.
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The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
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Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
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