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In order to have friends, you must first be one.

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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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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Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
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God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him.
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The great Big Black Things that have loomed against the horizon of my life, threatening to devour me, simply loomed and nothing more. The things that have really made me miss my train have always been sweet, soft, pretty, pleasant things of which I was not in the least afraid.
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If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.
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One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident.
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A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
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The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.
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Do not go out of your way to do good whenever it comes your way. Men who make a business of doing good to others are apt to hate others in the same occupation. Simply be filled with the thought of good, and it will radiate you do not have to bother about it, any more than you need trouble about your digestion.
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Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
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A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
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