Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. – Elbert Hubbard
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. – Elbert Hubbard
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. – Elbert Hubbard
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success. – 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
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away. – Elbert Hubbard
It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree. – Elbert Hubbard
Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself. – 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
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. – Elbert Hubbard
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. – Elbert Hubbard
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. – Elbert Hubbard