If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
- Elbert Hubbard
Him, Call, Still, Argument
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
- Elbert Hubbard
Great, Greatness, Resentment, Final
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
- Elbert Hubbard
Hope, More, May, Seemed
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
- Elbert Hubbard
Dangerous, Idea, Being, Worthy
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
- Elbert Hubbard
Graduation, Over, Medals, Scars
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
- Elbert Hubbard
Ignorance, Satisfied, Recipe, Perpetual
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
- Elbert Hubbard
Friendship, Same, Loves, Knows
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
- Elbert Hubbard
Extraordinary, Minds, Commonplace
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
- Elbert Hubbard
More, Finer, Far, Rarer
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
- Elbert Hubbard
Newspaper, See, Editor, Printed
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
- Elbert Hubbard
Teacher, Along, His, Enable
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
- Elbert Hubbard
Art, Process, Away, Produces
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
- Elbert Hubbard
Love, Give, Grows, Love Is
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
- Elbert Hubbard
Thankful, Suffer, Sure, Sure Sign
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
- Elbert Hubbard
Forgiveness, Joy, Envy, Arouse
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
- Elbert Hubbard
Forgiveness, Better, Wronged
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
- Elbert Hubbard
Friendship, Never, Explain, Never Explain
Fear clogs; faith liberates.
- Elbert Hubbard
Fear, Faith, Liberates
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
- Elbert Hubbard
Natural, Supernatural, Understood
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
- Elbert Hubbard
Technology, Extraordinary, Ordinary Men
Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
- Elbert Hubbard
Marriage, College, Mistake, Get Married
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
- Elbert Hubbard
Love, Men, Reason, Inertia
A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
- Elbert Hubbard
Pessimist, Person, Been, Acquainted
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
- Elbert Hubbard
Country, Will, Civilized, Chewing
Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.
- Elbert Hubbard
More, Get, Than, Polygamy
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.
- Elbert Hubbard
Doing, Done, Generally, Interrupted
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
- Elbert Hubbard
Beautiful, Effective Way, Economic
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
- Elbert Hubbard
Success Is, Line, Pass, Scarcely
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
- Elbert Hubbard
Teacher, True, Most, Learner
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
- Elbert Hubbard
Great, Mistake, Make, Fearing
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
- Elbert Hubbard
Great, Forget, A Good Thing, Token
Live truth instead of professing it.
- Elbert Hubbard
Truth, Live, Instead, Professing
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
- Elbert Hubbard
Remember, True, Pleasures, Anticipation
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
- Elbert Hubbard
Stop, Manufacture, Saves, Seeks
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
- Elbert Hubbard
Failure, Man, Able, Cash
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
- Elbert Hubbard
Stupidity, Genius, May, Handicapped
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.
- Elbert Hubbard
Freedom, Himself, Tyrant, Believed
Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.
- Elbert Hubbard
Death, Die, Stop, Sinning
The man who has no problems is out of the game.
- Elbert Hubbard
Man, Game, Who, Problems
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
- Elbert Hubbard
Attitude, Character, Result, Our Time
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
- Elbert Hubbard
Goal, Thought, Firmly, Sunset
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
- Elbert Hubbard
Individual, Level, May, Rise
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
- Elbert Hubbard
Will, Private, Set, Occasionally
Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
- Elbert Hubbard
Give, Keep, Things, Secrets
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
- Elbert Hubbard
Woman, Compliments, Will, Herself
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
- Elbert Hubbard
Fear, Thought, Admitted, Inferiority
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
- Elbert Hubbard
Strength, Take, Does, Requires
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
- Elbert Hubbard
Friendship, Like, Highest, Credit
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
- Elbert Hubbard
Love, Great, Through, Great Love
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
- Elbert Hubbard
Always, Thoroughly, Though, Disappoint
Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.
- Elbert Hubbard
Disagree, For The People, Supplies
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
- Elbert Hubbard
Wisdom, Exceeding, Minutes, Five
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
- Elbert Hubbard
Fat, Conservative, Too, Cowardly
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
- Elbert Hubbard
Ignorance, Incompetence, Enemies
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
- Elbert Hubbard
Character, His, Would, Met
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
- Elbert Hubbard
Reward, Better, Highest, Gives
Initiative is doing the right things without being told.
- Elbert Hubbard
Doing, Right, Things, Initiative
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
- Elbert Hubbard
Morning, Rest, Take, Care
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
- Elbert Hubbard
Help, Other, Most, Leaving
The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.
- Elbert Hubbard
Man, Reward, Counts, Risk
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
- Elbert Hubbard
Religion, Them, Our, Punished
We are not punished for our sins, but by them.
- Elbert Hubbard
Them, Our, Sins, Punished
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
- Elbert Hubbard
Head, Using, Having, Paid
No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
- Elbert Hubbard
Once, Unless, Ever, Accomplishes
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
- Elbert Hubbard
Pretty, Hard, Efficient, Obnoxious
It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
- Elbert Hubbard
Friendship, Happen, Dispute, Commonly
It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
- Elbert Hubbard
Brainy, Learn, Get, Easy
We work to become, not to acquire.
- Elbert Hubbard
Work, Become, Acquire
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
- Elbert Hubbard
Work, Today, Tomorrow, Good Work
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
- Elbert Hubbard
Mind, Same, Toward, Awaken
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
- Elbert Hubbard
Criticism, Nothing, Say, Avoid
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
- Elbert Hubbard
Funny, Never, Take, Seriously
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
- Elbert Hubbard
Happiness, Which, Take, Less
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
- Elbert Hubbard
Success, Loved, Worked, Much
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
- Elbert Hubbard
Love, Give, Away, Only Love
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
- Elbert Hubbard
Good, Woman, She, Dares
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.
- Elbert Hubbard
Patience, Hands, More, Thrown
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
- Elbert Hubbard
Positive, Better, Than, Negative
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
- Elbert Hubbard
Motivational, Work, Will, Heart
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
- Elbert Hubbard
Success, Will, Faster, Endure
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
- Elbert Hubbard
Freedom, Price, Responsibility
An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.
- Elbert Hubbard
Dangerous, Idea, Being, Worthy
Life is just one damned thing after another.
- Elbert Hubbard
Just, Another, After, Just One
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
- Elbert Hubbard
Words, Will, Does, Understand
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
- Elbert Hubbard
Failure, Trying, Longer, Except
The thing we fear we bring to pass.
- Elbert Hubbard
Fear, Bring, Thing, Pass
Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
- Elbert Hubbard
Love, Death, Say, Faith
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
- Elbert Hubbard
I Am, Rather, Would, Appreciate
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
- Elbert Hubbard
Heart, Optimism, Kind, Failure
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
- Elbert Hubbard
Way, Thing, Art
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