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No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon 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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If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost you can still call him vile names.
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When trouble comes, wise men take to their work weak men take to the woods.
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Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.
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Those who create beauty are also they who possess it.
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Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.
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