Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
ELBERT HUBBARDTo make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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In order to have friends, you must first be one.
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To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
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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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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
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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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The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
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It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
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Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
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Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.
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A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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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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