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We work to become, not to acquire.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Illinois
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Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.
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Good health! Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of your head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost drink in sunshine greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and never waste a minute thinking about your enemies.
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The only way to retain love is to give it away.
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Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
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The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
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Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
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I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.
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Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
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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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One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community would actually redeem the world.
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A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
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Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst.
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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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Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
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What others say of me matters little what I myself say and do matters much.
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