List of Elbert Hubbard Quotes

The Weaknesses Of The Many Make The Leader Possible.

Opportunities For Education Should Be Within The Reach Of Every Individual, Not For The Lucky Few.

Insomnia Never Comes To A Man Who Has To Get Up Exactly At Six O'clock. Insomnia Troubles Only Those Who Can Sleep Any Time.

The Only Way To Retain Love Is To Give It Away.

You Can Go Wrong By Being Too Skeptical As Readily As By Being Too Trusting. You Can Lead A Boy To College But You Cannot Make Him Think.

The Finest Flowers Are Those Transplanted, For Transplanting Means Difficulty, A Readjusting To New Conditions, And Through The Effort Put Forth To Find Adjustment Does The Plant Progress.

It Is A Curious Fact That Of All The Illusions That Beset Mankind None Is Quite So Curious As That Tendency To Suppose That We Are Mentally And Morally Superior To Those Who Differ From Us In Opinion.

The Finest Friendships Are Between Those Who Can Do Without Each Other.

Philosophy Rests On A Proposition That Whatever Is Is Right. Preaching Begins By Assuming That Whatever Is Is Wrong.

A Little More Patience, A Little More Charity For All, A Little More Devotion, A Little More Love; With Less Bowing Down To The Past, And A Silent Ignoring Of Pretended Authority; Brave Looking Forward To The Future With More Faith In Our Fellows, And The Race Will Be Ripe For A Great Burst Of Light And Life.

Writers Seldom Write The Things They Think. They Simply Write The Things They Think Other Folks Think They Think.

Gossip Is Only The Lack Of A Worthy Memory.

Those Who Do Unlawful Acts Are No More Sinners In The Eyes Of God Than We Who Think Them.

Respectability Is The Dickey On The Bosom Of Civilization.

A Good Front Is Half The Battle In Love Or War.

In God's Great Vaudeville, Mother Is The Headliner.

The Inspirations Of Today Are The Shams Of Tomorrow The Purpose Has Departed.

I Will Gladly Lecture For Fifty Dollars, But I'll Not Be A Guest For Less Than A Hundred.

The Home Is A Tryst-the Place Where We Retire And Shut The World Out.

Love, We Say, Is Life; But Love Without Hope And Faith Is Agonizing Death.

What Boy Well Raised Can Compare With Your Street Gamin Who Has The Knowledge And The Shrewdness Of A Grown-up Broker.

Wealth: A Cunning Device Of Fate Whereby Men Are Made Captive, And Burdened With Responsibilites From Which Only Death Can File Their Fetters.

A Man Is As Good As He Has To Be, And A Woman Is As Bad As She Dares

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!