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
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares. – Elbert Hubbard
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. – Elbert Hubbard
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs. – Elbert Hubbard
No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one. – Elbert Hubbard
If you want work well done, select a busy man — the other kind has no time. – Elbert Hubbard
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher. – Elbert Hubbard
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. – Elbert Hubbard
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it. – Elbert Hubbard
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. – 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
All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite. – Elbert Hubbard
If we cannot be happy and powerful and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves. – Elbert Hubbard
Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe. – Elbert Hubbard
We are punished by our sins, not for them. – Elbert Hubbard
To escape criticism — do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. – Elbert Hubbard
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant — the digitalis of failure. – Elbert Hubbard
Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself. – Elbert Hubbard
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer. – Elbert Hubbard
Editor: A person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed. – Elbert Hubbard
