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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
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The man who has no problems is out of the game.
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It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.
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The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible.
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The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.
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One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.
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You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.
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No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon it.
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One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community would actually redeem the world.
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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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I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
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Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
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There is a wild, splendid, intoxicating joy that follows work well done.
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Man is Creation's masterpiece. But who says so?
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Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.
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