A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
ELBERT HUBBARDWe work to become, not to acquire.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.
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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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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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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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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
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Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
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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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To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
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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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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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The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
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Most people like hard work, particularly when they’re paying for it.
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Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.
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