The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
ELBERT HUBBARDThere is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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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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Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.
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All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
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Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.
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The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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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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Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do
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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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The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
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The reward of a good deed is in having done it.
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
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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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Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
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