There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
ELBERT HUBBARDWhat others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.
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To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
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Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.
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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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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is.
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The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
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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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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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The reward of a good deed is in having done it.
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Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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Success consists in the climb.
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