Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
ELBERT HUBBARDPeople who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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What we call God’s justice is only man’s idea of what he would do if he were God.
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.
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Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
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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 highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
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All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.
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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.
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Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
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Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
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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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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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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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The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
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Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.
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