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01c. 1885 AD

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

02c. 1885 AD

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

03c. 1885 AD

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 / quote

04c. 1885 AD

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

05c. 1885 AD

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

06c. 1885 AD

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

07c. 1885 AD

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

08c. 1885 AD

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

09c. 1885 AD

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

10c. 1885 AD

Fear clogs faith liberates.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

11c. 1885 AD

Live truth instead of professing it.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

12c. 1885 AD

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

13c. 1885 AD

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

14c. 1885 AD

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

15c. 1885 AD

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

16c. 1885 AD

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 / quote

17c. 1885 AD

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

18c. 1885 AD

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

19c. 1885 AD

Art is not a thing it is a way.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

20c. 1885 AD

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 / quote

21c. 1885 AD

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

22c. 1885 AD

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

23c. 1885 AD

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

Elbert Hubbard / quote

24c. 1885 AD

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

Elbert Hubbard / quote