Elbert Green Hubbard Quotes

The stronger a man is, the more gentle he can afford to be

It's a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.

Nothing is permanent but change.

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess.

We work to become, not to acquire.

Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!

Every saint has a bee in his halo.

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.