Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.
ELBERT HUBBARDMan’s greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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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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Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.
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We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.
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All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody – benefiting humanity – and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.
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Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
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Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
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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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What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
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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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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 valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
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