Elbert Green Hubbard Quotes

The trouble with many married people is that they are trying to get more out of marriage than there is in it.

No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.

Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.

All things come through desire and every sincere prayer is answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed.

Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and do not waste a minute thinking about your enemies. Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal. Keep your mind on the great and splendid things you would like to do, and then, as the days go gliding away, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing upon the opportunities that are requiered for the fulfillment of your desire, just as the coral insect takes from the running tide the element it needs. Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual... Thought is supreme. Preserve a right mental attitude - the attitude of courage, frankness, and good cheer. To think rightly is to create. All things come through desire and every sincere prayer is answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed. Carry your chin in and the crown of your head high. We are good in the chrysalis.

Las inteligencias poco capaces se interesan en lo extraordinario; las inteligencias poderosas en las cosas ordinarias.

Perfume; Any smell that is used to drown a worse one.

Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing, and you'll never be criticized.

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

Character is the result of two things, mental attitude, and the way we spend our time. It is what we think and what we do that make us what we are.

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

In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done, quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.

A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.

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