Elbert Hubbard Inspirational Quotations

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

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

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

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.

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

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

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.

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

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

The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.

When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.

Responsibiliti es gravitate to the man who can shoulder them and the power to him who knows how

Knowledge is the distilled essence of our institutions, corroborated by experience.

The artist needs no religion beyond his work.

It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.