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Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
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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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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
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Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
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Fortitude: That quality of mind which does not care what happens so long as it does not happen to us.
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Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.
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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
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Love is not really blind- the bandage is never so tight but that it can peep.
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The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
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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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When we really live truth, we will cease to talk about it.
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I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW.
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It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
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There is a wild, splendid, intoxicating joy that follows work well done.
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Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual you so admire
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The Businessman is one who supplies something great and good to the world, and collects from the world for the goods.
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Responsibiliti es gravitate to the man who can shoulder them and the power to him who knows how
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If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost you can still call him vile names.
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