Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.
ELBERT HUBBARDA little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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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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Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
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Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.
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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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In order to have friends, you must first be one.
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Men are only as great as they are kind.
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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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The man who has no problems is out of the game.
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If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
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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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Responsibility is the price of freedom.
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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
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Failure — The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
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Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
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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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