Elbert Hubbard

Writer

United States

1856 - 1915

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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.
Elbert Hubbard
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Elbert Hubbard
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.
Elbert Hubbard
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Elbert Hubbard
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Elbert Hubbard
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
Elbert Hubbard
We work to become, not to acquire.
Elbert Hubbard
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
Elbert Hubbard
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
Elbert Hubbard