Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.
ELBERT HUBBARDAll success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody – benefiting humanity – and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.
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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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Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.
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Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
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The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
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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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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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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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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
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Responsibility is the price of freedom.
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To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
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I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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Fences are made for those who cannot fly.
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Most people like hard work, particularly when they’re paying for it.
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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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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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Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
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The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
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Many 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.
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Know 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.
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.
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