Elbert Green Hubbard Quotes

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

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

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

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

I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

Happiness is a habit — cultivate it.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

True life lies in laughter, love and work.

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.

The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

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