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.
ELBERT HUBBARDSelf-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
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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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
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If you want work well done, select a busy man – the other kind has no time.
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I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
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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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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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Man’s greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors.
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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 highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
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Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.
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Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent – the power to do the right thing the first time.
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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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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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