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Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Bloomington
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Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.
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The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion
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Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
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Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
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People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.
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One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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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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As a career, the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through hell.
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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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Theology is Classified Superstition.
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The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible.
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Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.
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Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
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Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.
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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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Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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Most people like hard work, particularly when they're paying for it.
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