Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
ELBERT HUBBARDMany people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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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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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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Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
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The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
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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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People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.
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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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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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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.
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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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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.
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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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