Elbert Green Hubbard Quotes

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

(Get Out or Get in Line, 1928)

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

If you can not answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

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.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

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

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

Men are punished by their sins, not for them.

Laughter is higher than all pain.