623 Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

It is the weak man who urges compromise – never the strong man.

What we call God’s justice is only man’s idea of what he would do if he were God.

I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I’m ready, RIGHT NOW.

Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Character is the result of two things, mental attitude, and the way we spend our time. It is what we think and what we do that make us what we are. By.

The man who doesn’t relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.

Don’t lose faith in humanity; think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up.

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.