The man who has no problems is out of the game.
ELBERT HUBBARDA man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
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Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
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The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
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I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
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Fences are made for those who cannot fly.
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Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
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A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.
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If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.
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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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Most people like hard work, particularly when they’re paying for it.
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.
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Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
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Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
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Freedom cannot be bestowed – it must be achieved.
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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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Growth is often a painful process.
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Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.
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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
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Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
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Politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked.
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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
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The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
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Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.
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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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