Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
ELBERT HUBBARDIn order to have friends, you must first be one.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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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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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.
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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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True life lies in laughter, love and work.
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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
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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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You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
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Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is.
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Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.
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I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
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The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
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The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
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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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We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.
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