Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

“A man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.”

“A man is what he thinks about all day long.”

“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”

“A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature.”

“A man who is not a good servant will never be a good master.”

“A person who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.”

“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”

“Do not be afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”

“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”

“Every man is the builder of a house, and that house is his own life.”

“Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.”

“He who does not love his own work cannot love his life.”

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”

“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”

“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.”

“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”

“People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals—that is, goals that do not inspire them.”

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”

“The hardest thing in the world is to be able to see yourself as others see you.”

“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.”

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.”

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

“The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.”

“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”

“The universe is not a thing to be understood. It is a thing to be experienced.”

“The way to know yourself is to love yourself.”

“The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”

“We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.”

“What does not kill me makes me stronger.”

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”

“You will never plow a field if you only turn it over in your mind.”

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.”