Quotes from Elbert Hubbard

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

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

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

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.

If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.

I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

True life lies in laughter, love and work.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.

The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

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

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

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. ( Get Out or Get in Line , 1928)