As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual. Elbert Hubbard More Quotes by Elbert Hubbard More Quotes From Elbert Hubbard Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it. Elbert Hubbard blameforgivinghate Those who create beauty are also they who possess it. Elbert Hubbard Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear. Elbert Hubbard wisecloudsmen Let a man once see himself as others see him, and all enthusiasm vanishes from his heart. Elbert Hubbard optimismheartmen Your neighbor is the man who needs you. Elbert Hubbard need-youmenneeds Nature: The unseen intelligence which loved us into being, and is disposing of us by the same token Elbert Hubbard unseendesirereligion The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. Elbert Hubbard persistencedeterminationhands The love you liberate in your work is the love you keep. Elbert Hubbard love-you Government is a kind of legalized pillage. Elbert Hubbard governmentkind Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and cause for expression of grief. Elbert Hubbard griefexpressionlaughing No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. Elbert Hubbard holidayworkmen Theology is an attempt to explain a subject by men who do not understand it. The intent is not to tell the truth but to satisfy the questioner. Elbert Hubbard atheismtelling-the-truthmen Laws that do not embody public opinion can never be enforced. Elbert Hubbard public-opinionopinionlaw 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. Elbert Hubbard motivationcourageinspirational All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity. Elbert Hubbard wagesbusinesswould-be There are three sides to every question-where a divorce is involved. Elbert Hubbard divorcethreesides Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before. Elbert Hubbard grouchesattitudetwo Who are the happiest people on earth? A craftsman or artist whistling over a job well done. A little child building sand castles. A mother, after a busy day, bathing her baby. A doctor who has finished a difficult and dangerous operation, and saved a human life. Happiness lies in a constructive job well done. Get your happiness out of your work or you will never know what happiness is. Elbert Hubbard motherhappinessbaby No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day. Elbert Hubbard possible-and-impossibleimpossible-thingssuccess To supply a thought is mental massage; but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised. Elbert Hubbard achievementexercisethinking
