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.
ELBERT HUBBARDKnow 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.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.
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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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Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
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Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
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The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.
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Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.
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The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
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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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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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The reward of a good deed is in having done it.
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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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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
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