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Men are only as great as they are kind.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Bloomington
Illinois
Elbert Hubbard
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Postponement: The father of failure.
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Thoroughness 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.
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In order to have friends, you must first be one.
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The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is able to get his goods into the show-window, and the other is not aware that he has any show-window or any goods.
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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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Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.
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Enthusiasm is like having two right hands.
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Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.
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Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
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Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.
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Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it.
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When we really live truth, we will cease to talk about it.
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Life without absorbing occupation is hell joy consists in forgetting life.
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Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
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Orthodoxy is a corpse that doesn't know it's dead.
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Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
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It is only life and love that give love and life.
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Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.
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