Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.
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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Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.
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What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
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Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
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Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is.
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Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
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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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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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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 happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
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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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We work to become, not to acquire.
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The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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