Famous People Quotations
Elbert Hubbard ( 1856~1915 )
Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Never explain; your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs.
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more that they do.
To know when to be generous and when to be firm - this is wisdom.
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?
The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.
Memorable Quotes
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other until death do them join.
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
The average man plays to the gallery of his own self-esteem.
Insightful Quotes cards
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.