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Most people like hard work, particularly when they're paying for it.

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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.
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Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
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The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
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The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
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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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All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
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It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.
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The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
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I believe the Universe is planned for good.
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