You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
ELBERT HUBBARDPray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
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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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Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
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Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
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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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The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.
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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
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Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.
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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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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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Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.
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Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
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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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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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Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
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