Elbert Hubbard

"A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run. "

"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. "

"A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. "

"An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. "

"Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive. "

"Editor a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed. "

"Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber. "

"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit. "

"Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. "

"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. "

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

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

"If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. "

"If you suffer, thank God It is a sure sign that you are alive. "

"Life is just one damned thing after another. "

"Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. "

"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, you've had a great life. "

"Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. "

"No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished "

"No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day. "

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

"Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant--the digitalis of failure. "

"Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one. "

"Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. "

"The artist needs no religion beyond his work. "

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. "

"The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all. "

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

"The love we give away is the only love we keep. "

"The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. "

"The recipe for perpetual ignorance is be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. "

"The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before. "

"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. "

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

"We are punished by our sins, not for them. "