Elbert Hubbard

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. ”

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

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. ”

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things. ”

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. ”

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

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

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it. ”

Positive anything is better than negative nothing. ”

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