Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.
ELBERT HUBBARDThoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
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The reward of a good deed is in having done it.
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We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.
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Freedom cannot be bestowed – it must be achieved.
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
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One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
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Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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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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I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.
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What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
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Growth is often a painful process.
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A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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Responsibility is the price of freedom.
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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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