Elbert Hubbard Quotes
Most popular Elbert Hubbard Quotes
![Don't make excuses — make good. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/74/3974A-dont-make-excuses-make-good-elbert-hubbard.png)
Don't make excuses — make good.
![The highest applause is silence. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/57/26257A-the-highest-applause-is-silence-elbert-hubbard.png)
The highest applause is silence.
![We work to become, not to acquire. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/87/7687A-we-work-to-become-not-to-acquire-elbert-hubbard.png)
We work to become, not to acquire.
![Industry is the parent of success. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/51/7851A-industry-is-the-parent-of-success-elbert-hubbard.png)
Industry is the parent of success.
![Play needs direction as well as work. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/46/37346A-play-needs-direction-as-well-as-work-elbert-hubbard.png)
Play needs direction as well as work.
![Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/18/30218A-enthusiasm-is-the-great-hill-climber-elbert-hubbard.png)
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
![There is no defeat except from within. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/49/29249A-there-is-no-defeat-except-from-within-elbert-hubbard.png)
There is no defeat except from within.
![Responsibility is the price of freedom. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/23/38923A-responsibility-is-the-price-of-freedom-elbert-hubbard.png)
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
![We are punished by our sins, not for them. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/69/52969A-we-are-punished-by-our-sins-not-them-elbert-hubbard.png)
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
![In order to have friends, you must be one. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/85/9485A-in-order-to-have-friends-you-must-be-one-elbert-hubbard.png)
In order to have friends, you must be one.
![Do unto others as though you were the others. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/19/31919A-do-unto-others-as-though-you-were-others-elbert-hubbard.png)
Do unto others as though you were the others.
![We are not punished for our sins, but by them. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/14/39814A-we-are-not-punished-for-our-sins-but-by-them-elbert-hubbard.png)
We are not punished for our sins, but by them.
![The love we give away is the only love we keep. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/23/20923A-the-love-we-give-away-is-only-love-we-keep-elbert-hubbard.png)
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
![We deem those men remarkable who think as we do. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/25/8925A-we-deem-those-men-remarkable-who-think-as-we-do-elbert-hubbard.png)
We deem those men remarkable who think as we do.
![Life is a compromise between fate and free will. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/41/1141A-life-is-a-compromise-between-fate-free-will-elbert-hubbard.png)
Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
![Everything comes too late for those who only wait. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/52/5952A-everything-comes-too-late-for-those-who-only-wait-elbert-hubbard.png)
Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
![An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/49/9549A-an-ounce-of-loyalty-is-worth-pound-cleverness-elbert-hubbard.png)
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
![Human service is the highest form of self-interest. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/39/39639A-human-service-is-the-highest-form-self-interest-elbert-hubbard.png)
Human service is the highest form of self-interest.
![The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/68/11468A-the-supernatural-is-the-natural-not-yet-understood-elbert-hubbard.png)
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
![The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/57/2057A-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-life-is-begin-live-elbert-hubbard.png)
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
![Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/43/7643A-progress-comes-from-the-intelligent-use-experience-elbert-hubbard.png)
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
![Try these: a kind thought, a kind word, and a good deed. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/14/4014A-try-these-a-kind-thought-a-kind-word-good-deed-elbert-hubbard.png)
Try these: a kind thought, a kind word, and a good deed.
![A wise man doesn't need advice, and a fool won't take it. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/14/4614A-a-wise-man-doesnt-need-advice-fool-wont-take-it-elbert-hubbard.png)
A wise man doesn't need advice, and a fool won't take it.
![A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/96/17496A-a-friend-is-one-who-knows-you-loves-you-just-elbert-hubbard.png)
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
![Few explanation ever explained the necessity of making one. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/61/16461A-few-explanation-ever-explained-the-necessity-making-one-elbert-hubbard.png)
Few explanation ever explained the necessity of making one.
![To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/95/22795A-to-avoid-criticism-do-nothing-say-nothing-be-nothing-elbert-hubbard.png)
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
![It is the weak man who urges compromise—never the strong man. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/42/1142A-it-is-the-weak-man-who-urges-compromise-never-strong-elbert-hubbard.png)
It is the weak man who urges compromise—never the strong man.
![Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/24/38924A-responsibilities-gravitate-to-the-person-who-can-shoulder-them-elbert-hubbard.png)
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
![Reason stands small show against the entrenched power of habit. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/91/7591A-reason-stands-small-show-against-the-entrenched-power-habit-elbert-hubbard.png)
Reason stands small show against the entrenched power of habit.
![Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/49/21149A-optimism-is-a-kind-of-heart-stimulant-digitalis-failure-elbert-hubbard.png)
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
![The graveyards are full of people the world could not do without. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/88/21588A-the-graveyards-are-full-of-people-world-could-not-do-elbert-hubbard.png)
The graveyards are full of people the world could not do without.
![We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/36/50336A-we-awaken-in-others-the-same-attitude-mind-we-hold-elbert-hubbard.png)
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
![Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/56/2056A-do-not-take-life-too-seriously-you-will-never-get-elbert-hubbard.png)
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
![The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/68/39068A-the-man-who-knows-it-cant-be-done-counts-risk-elbert-hubbard.png)
The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.
![Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/70/23170A-your-friend-is-the-man-who-knows-all-about-you-elbert-hubbard.png)
Your friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you.
![The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/00/51100A-the-friend-is-the-man-who-knows-all-about-you-elbert-hubbard.png)
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
![Be moderate in the use of everything, except fresh air and sunshine. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/13/6013A-be-moderate-in-the-use-of-everything-except-fresh-air-elbert-hubbard.png)
Be moderate in the use of everything, except fresh air and sunshine.
![The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/58/24658A-the-best-preparation-for-good-work-tomorrow-is-do-good-elbert-hubbard.png)
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
![A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/27/36827A-a-pessimist-is-a-man-who-has-been-compelled-live-elbert-hubbard.png)
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
![Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/43/40243A-genius-may-have-its-limitations-but-stupidity-is-not-thus-elbert-hubbard.png)
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
![Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/00/3600A-get-happiness-out-of-your-work-or-you-may-never-elbert-hubbard.png)
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
![A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/44/24144A-a-school-should-not-be-a-preparation-life-school-should-elbert-hubbard.png)
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
![God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/07/19307A-god-will-not-look-you-over-medals-degrees-or-diplomas-elbert-hubbard.png)
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.
![The sad thing about the optimist is his state of mind concerning himself. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/33/1133A-the-sad-thing-about-the-optimist-is-his-state-mind-elbert-hubbard.png)
The sad thing about the optimist is his state of mind concerning himself.
![It is quite absurd to say that a man is good or bad — he is good and bad. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/24/8924A-it-is-quite-absurd-to-say-that-man-is-good-elbert-hubbard.png)
It is quite absurd to say that a man is good or bad — he is good and bad.
![Self-reliance is the name we give to the egotism of someone who succeeds. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/65/7965A-self-reliance-is-the-name-we-give-egotism-someone-who-elbert-hubbard.png)
Self-reliance is the name we give to the egotism of someone who succeeds.
![If you want work well done, select a busy man—the other kind has no time. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/51/53451A-if-you-want-work-well-done-select-busy-man-other-elbert-hubbard.png)
If you want work well done, select a busy man—the other kind has no time.
![Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/67/7967A-pray-that-success-will-not-come-any-faster-than-you-elbert-hubbard.png)
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
![If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/35/1135A-if-men-could-only-know-each-other-they-would-never-elbert-hubbard.png)
If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate.
![What others say of me matters little, what I myself say and do matters much. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/60/2160A-what-others-say-of-me-matters-little-what-i-myself-elbert-hubbard.png)
What others say of me matters little, what I myself say and do matters much.
![The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/93/24293A-the-object-of-teaching-a-child-is-enable-him-get-elbert-hubbard.png)
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.
![Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/33/2633A-many-a-mans-reputation-would-not-know-his-character-if-elbert-hubbard.png)
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
![He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/58/16558A-he-who-does-not-understand-your-silence-will-probably-not-elbert-hubbard.png)
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
![A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/16/30716A-a-failure-is-a-man-who-has-blundered-but-is-elbert-hubbard.png)
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
![A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/48/13548A-a-pessimist-thats-a-person-who-has-been-intimately-acquainted-elbert-hubbard.png)
A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
![Knowledge is the distilled essence of our intuitions, corroborated by experience. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/39/1139A-knowledge-is-the-distilled-essence-of-our-intuitions-corroborated-by-elbert-hubbard.png)
Knowledge is the distilled essence of our intuitions, corroborated by experience.
![Brain: A commodity as scarce as radium and more precious, used to fertilize ideas. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/51/27451A-brain-a-commodity-as-scarce-as-radium-more-precious-used-elbert-hubbard.png)
Brain: A commodity as scarce as radium and more precious, used to fertilize ideas.
![Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously—the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/61/32061A-gossip-is-vice-enjoyed-vicariously-the-sweet-subtle-satisfaction-without-elbert-hubbard.png)
Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously—the sweet, subtle satisfaction without the risk.
![Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/66/7966A-some-men-succeed-by-what-they-know-some-by-what-elbert-hubbard.png)
Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.
![Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/46/2246A-character-is-the-result-of-two-things-mental-attitude-way-elbert-hubbard.png)
Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
![I believe more in the goodness of bad people than I do in the badness of good people. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/40/1140A-i-believe-more-in-the-goodness-bad-people-than-i-elbert-hubbard.png)
I believe more in the goodness of bad people than I do in the badness of good people.
![The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/73/20973A-the-greatest-mistake-you-can-make-life-is-continually-fearing-elbert-hubbard.png)
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
![Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/40/20240A-our-admiration-is-so-given-to-dead-martyrs-that-we-elbert-hubbard.png)
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
![Never explain—your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/93/51093A-never-explain-your-friends-do-not-need-it-your-enemies-elbert-hubbard.png)
Never explain—your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
![The only man to me who is not respectable is the man who consumes more than he produces. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/21/2621A-the-only-man-to-me-who-is-not-respectable-is-elbert-hubbard.png)
The only man to me who is not respectable is the man who consumes more than he produces.
![The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually to be fearing you will make one. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/43/14143A-the-greatest-mistake-you-can-make-life-is-continually-be-elbert-hubbard.png)
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually to be fearing you will make one.
![I will gladly lecture for fifty dollars, but I'll not be a guest for less than a hundred. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/75/23375A-i-will-gladly-lecture-for-fifty-dollars-but-ill-not-elbert-hubbard.png)
I will gladly lecture for fifty dollars, but I'll not be a guest for less than a hundred.
![The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/20/19420A-the-reason-men-oppose-progress-is-not-that-they-hate-elbert-hubbard.png)
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
![If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/44/26144A-if-pleasures-are-greatest-in-anticipation-just-remember-that-this-elbert-hubbard.png)
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
![The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/37/6637A-the-happiness-of-this-life-depends-less-what-befalls-you-elbert-hubbard.png)
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
![Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/28/53628A-be-pleasant-until-ten-oclock-in-morning-rest-day-will-elbert-hubbard.png)
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
![The happiest mortals on earth are ladies who have been bereaved by the loss of their husbands. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/32/1132A-the-happiest-mortals-on-earth-are-ladies-who-have-been-elbert-hubbard.png)
The happiest mortals on earth are ladies who have been bereaved by the loss of their husbands.
![The only man who makes money following the races is the one who does so with a broom and shovel. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/08/23208A-the-only-man-who-makes-money-following-races-is-one-elbert-hubbard.png)
The only man who makes money following the races is the one who does so with a broom and shovel.
![Good people are only half as good, and bad people only half as bad, as other people regard them. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/37/1137A-good-people-are-only-half-as-good-bad-people-only-elbert-hubbard.png)
Good people are only half as good, and bad people only half as bad, as other people regard them.
![A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/52/20952A-a-retentive-memory-may-be-a-good-thing-but-ability-elbert-hubbard.png)
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
![A genius is a man who takes the lemons that Fate hands him and starts a lemonade stand with them. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/45/20345A-a-genius-is-a-man-who-takes-lemons-that-fate-elbert-hubbard.png)
A genius is a man who takes the lemons that Fate hands him and starts a lemonade stand with them.
![Responsibilities gravitate to the man who can shoulder them; power flows to the man who knows how. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/62/2662A-responsibilities-gravitate-to-the-man-who-can-shoulder-them-power-elbert-hubbard.png)
Responsibilities gravitate to the man who can shoulder them; power flows to the man who knows how.
![Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/18/31018A-of-all-the-mental-and-physical-polluters-life-nothing-exercises-elbert-hubbard.png)
Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
![One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/44/1144A-one-machine-can-do-the-work-fifty-ordinary-men-no-elbert-hubbard.png)
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
![This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/38/22938A-this-will-never-be-a-civilized-country-until-we-expend-elbert-hubbard.png)
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
![The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/06/33306A-the-recipe-for-perpetual-ignorance-is-be-satisfied-with-your-elbert-hubbard.png)
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
![I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have, than to have things I am not able to appreciate. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/88/26288A-i-would-rather-be-able-to-appreciate-things-i-cannot-elbert-hubbard.png)
I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have, than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
![If we are ever damned, it will not be because we have loved too much, but because we have loved too little. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/38/1138A-if-we-are-ever-damned-it-will-not-be-because-elbert-hubbard.png)
If we are ever damned, it will not be because we have loved too much, but because we have loved too little.
![Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding that limit. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/03/31303A-every-man-is-a-damn-fool-at-least-five-minutes-elbert-hubbard.png)
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding that limit.
![The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/61/31361A-the-ineffable-joy-of-forgiving-and-being-forgiven-forms-ecstasy-elbert-hubbard.png)
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
![Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/85/52885A-most-reformers-wore-rubber-boots-and-stood-glass-when-god-elbert-hubbard.png)
Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe.
![Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/47/27247A-mans-greatest-blunder-has-been-in-trying-make-peace-with-elbert-hubbard.png)
Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors.
![We know that we can help ourselves only as we help others, and that the love we give away is the only love we keep. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/19/31719A-we-know-that-we-can-help-ourselves-only-as-we-elbert-hubbard.png)
We know that we can help ourselves only as we help others, and that the love we give away is the only love we keep.
![So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/54/19654A-so-long-as-governments-set-the-example-killing-their-enemies-elbert-hubbard.png)
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
![Individuals who have diseases, nine times out of ten, are suffering from the accumulated evil effects of medication. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/25/10525A-individuals-who-have-diseases-nine-times-out-ten-are-suffering-elbert-hubbard.png)
Individuals who have diseases, nine times out of ten, are suffering from the accumulated evil effects of medication.
![The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/74/22074A-the-only-foes-that-threaten-america-are-enemies-at-home-elbert-hubbard.png)
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
![A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/14/9214A-a-man-who-marries-a-woman-educate-her-falls-victim-elbert-hubbard.png)
A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.
![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 quote.](/img/q/13/32713A-often-we-can-help-each-other-most-by-leaving-each-elbert-hubbard.png)
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 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 quote.](/img/q/42/24042A-the-world-is-moving-so-fast-these-days-that-man-elbert-hubbard.png)
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.
![There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/01/25001A-there-is-something-that-is-much-more-scarce-something-finer-elbert-hubbard.png)
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
![Fanaticism is a disease of the mind, just as alcoholism is a disease of the body, and the rational cure for both is the diminishing dose. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/08/30908A-fanaticism-is-a-disease-of-the-mind-just-as-alcoholism-elbert-hubbard.png)
Fanaticism is a disease of the mind, just as alcoholism is a disease of the body, and the rational cure for both is the diminishing dose.
![And the worst part about making a soldier of a man is not that a soldier kills brown men or white men, but that the soldier loses his own soul. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/36/1136A-and-the-worst-part-about-making-soldier-man-is-not-elbert-hubbard.png)
And the worst part about making a soldier of a man is not that a soldier kills brown men or white men, but that the soldier loses his own soul.
![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 don't know it. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/89/40389A-the-line-between-failure-and-success-is-so-fine-that-elbert-hubbard.png)
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 don't know it.
![When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/76/40476A-when-you-grow-suspicious-of-a-person-begin-system-espionage-elbert-hubbard.png)
When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true.
![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 the goal. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/69/31769A-know-what-you-want-to-do-hold-thought-firmly-do-elbert-hubbard.png)
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 the goal.
![Literary people of the opposite sex do not really love each other. All they really desire is to read their manuscript aloud to a receptive listener. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/34/1134A-literary-people-of-the-opposite-sex-do-not-really-love-elbert-hubbard.png)
Literary people of the opposite sex do not really love each other. All they really desire is to read their manuscript aloud to a receptive listener.
![The men you see waiting in the lobbies of doctors' offices are, in a vast majority of cases, suffering through poisoning caused by an excess of food. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/57/10557A-the-men-you-see-waiting-in-lobbies-doctors-offices-are-elbert-hubbard.png)
The men you see waiting in the lobbies of doctors' offices are, in a vast majority of cases, suffering through poisoning caused by an excess of food.
![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. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/46/28846A-life-consists-in-molting-our-illusions-we-form-creeds-today-elbert-hubbard.png)
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.
![Loneliness is not in being alone, for then ministering spirits come to soothe and bless—loneliness is to endure the presence of one who does not understand. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/90/34990A-loneliness-is-not-in-being-alone-then-ministering-spirits-come-elbert-hubbard.png)
Loneliness is not in being alone, for then ministering spirits come to soothe and bless—loneliness is to endure the presence of one who does not understand.
![Nature is always and forever trying hard to keep men well, and most so-called 'disease' — which word means merely the lack of ease — is self-limiting, and tends to cure itself. - Elbert Hubbard quote.](/img/q/76/10576A-nature-is-always-and-forever-trying-hard-keep-men-well-elbert-hubbard.png)
Nature is always and forever trying hard to keep men well, and most so-called 'disease' — which word means merely the lack of ease — is self-limiting, and tends to cure itself.
Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway.