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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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Growth is often a painful process.
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Enthusiasm is like having two right hands.
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I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.
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Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
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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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Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown
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Would you make men better - set them an example. The millenium will never come until governments cease from governing, and the meddler is at rest.
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The only way to retain love is to give it away.
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There are three sides to every question-where a divorce is involved.
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Dogma is a lie reiterated and authoritatively injected into the mind of one or more persons who believe that they believe what someone else believes.
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The brain is a commodity used to fertilize ideas.
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Theology is Classified Superstition.
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The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.
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I believe in the Motherhood of God.
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't.
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To supply a thought is mental massage but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised.
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Good health! Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of your head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost drink in sunshine greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and never waste a minute thinking about your enemies.
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If you don't advertise yourself you will be advertised by your loving enemies.
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