Imitation is the sincerest form of insult. Elbert Hubbard More Quotes by Elbert Hubbard More Quotes From Elbert Hubbard A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares Elbert Hubbard women maturity men Souls are made of dawn-stuff and starshine. Elbert Hubbard dawn soul stuff A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love; with less bowing down to the past, and a silent ignoring of pretended authority; brave looking forward to the future with more faith in our fellows, and the race will be ripe for a great burst of light and life. Elbert Hubbard light courage past Time is an eternal guest that banquets on our ideals and bodies. Elbert Hubbard banquets body guests To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things . Elbert Hubbard stomach income fixed Respectability is the dickey on the bosom of civilization. Elbert Hubbard respectability bosoms civilization If you work for a man, in Heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply your bread and butter, work for him, stand by him, and stand by the institution he represents. Elbert Hubbard names men heaven There is a joy in going without things, a fine tang in eliminating the superfluous. Elbert Hubbard eliminating fine joy Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide. Elbert Hubbard slave atheism earth Orthodoxy is a corpse that doesn't know it's dead. Elbert Hubbard corpses orthodoxy atheism A creed is an ossified metaphor. Elbert Hubbard metaphor atheism creeds Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power. Elbert Hubbard type atheism men All good men are anarchists. All cultured, kindly men; all gentlemen; all just men are anarchists. Jesus was an anarchist. Elbert Hubbard gentleman men jesus Men who marry for gratification, propagation or the matter of buttons or socks, must expect to cope with and deal in a certain amount of quibble, subterfuge, concealments, and double, deep-dyed prevarication. Elbert Hubbard buttons matter men Time is an illusion-to orators. Elbert Hubbard orators illusion The past is one evil less and one memory more. Elbert Hubbard evil memories past Every man who speaks out loud and clear is tinting the "Zeitgeist." Every man who expresses what he honestly thinks is true is changing the Spirit of the Times. Thinkers help other people to think, for they formulate what others are thinking. No person writes or thinks alone--thought is in the air, but its expression is necessary to create a tangible Spirit of the Times. Elbert Hubbard writing men thinking Strength and strength's will are the supreme ethic. All else are dreams from hospital beds, the sly, crawling goodness of sneaking souls. Elbert Hubbard soul dream justice A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour. Elbert Hubbard business change men If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves. Elbert Hubbard prey powerful ifs
