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Elbert Hubbard
Age: 58 †
Born: 1856
Born: June 19
Died: 1915
Died: May 7
Journalist
Philosopher
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Bloomington
Illinois
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Ali Baba
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No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.
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Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.
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Blessed is the man who has found someone to do his work.
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I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up
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A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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It is only life and love that give love and life.
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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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Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. Happiness is a habit. Cultivate 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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An imitator is a man who succeeds in being an imitation.
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I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.
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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.
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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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Do not go out of your way to do good whenever it comes your way. Men who make a business of doing good to others are apt to hate others in the same occupation. Simply be filled with the thought of good, and it will radiate you do not have to bother about it, any more than you need trouble about your digestion.
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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
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Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both.
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I believe that the best way to prepare for a Future Life is to be kind, live one day at a time, and do the work you can do best, doing it as well as you can.
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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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Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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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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