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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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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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Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
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It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.
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A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.
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Play needs direction as well as work.
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Most people like hard work, particularly when they're paying for it.
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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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Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.
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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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The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion
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When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.
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Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it
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The product of the head, heart and hand is a thing to be loved.
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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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Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
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Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.
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Art is not a thing it is a way.
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