I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
ELBERT HUBBARDWe work to become, not to acquire.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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The love we give away is the only love we keep.
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Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.
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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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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.
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Success consists in the climb.
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Art is not a thing; it is a way.
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Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.
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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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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 will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess.
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Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.
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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
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The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.
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Most people like hard work, particularly when they’re paying for 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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Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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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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Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.
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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
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The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
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