Quotes from Elbert Hubbard

If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?

Man is Creation's masterpiece. But who says so?

Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.

I have no perfect panacea for human ills. And even if I had I would not attempt to present a system of philosophy between the soup and fish.

Philosophy rests on a proposition that whatever is is right. Preaching begins by assuming that whatever is is wrong.

A person born with an instinct for poverty.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Where much is expected from an individual he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.

Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

God — the John Doe of philosophy and religion.

God is good, there is no devil but fear.

I believe in the Motherhood of God.

Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.

In God's great vaudeville, Mother is the headliner.

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.