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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Bloomington
Illinois
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Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.
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It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing.
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All good men are anarchists. All cultured, kindly men all gentlemen all just men are anarchists. Jesus was an anarchist.
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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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Most people like hard work, particularly when they're paying for it.
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The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
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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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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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Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of insult.
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War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war. The man who prides himself on fisticuffs is going, some day, to meet a man who considers himself the better man, and they will test the issue.
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A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love with less bowing down to the past, and a silent ignoring of pretended authority brave looking forward to the future with more faith in our fellows, and the race will be ripe for a great burst of light and life.
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Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown
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Your neighbor is the man who needs you.
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The love we give away is the only love we keep.
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I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up
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In God's great vaudeville, Mother is the headliner.
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All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.
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The cure for grief is motion.
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A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.
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