The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.
ELBERT HUBBARDNever explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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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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Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.
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In order to have friends, you must first be one.
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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 is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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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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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
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The more one knows, the more one simplifies.
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To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
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I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.
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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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Be 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.
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Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do
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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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I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.
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