99 Quotes By Elbert Hubbard


A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Elbert Hubbard on great

Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Elbert Hubbard on great

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace.
Elbert Hubbard on great

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
Elbert Hubbard on great

Men are only as great as they are kind.
Elbert Hubbard on great

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
Elbert Hubbard on happiness

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
Elbert Hubbard on home

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Elbert Hubbard on hope

Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
Elbert Hubbard on hope

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Elbert Hubbard on knowledge

Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Elbert Hubbard on life

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

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Elbert Hubbard on life

Life is just one damned thing after another.
Elbert Hubbard on life

Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
Elbert Hubbard on life

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
Elbert Hubbard on life

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

The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Elbert Hubbard on love

Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Elbert Hubbard on love

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 on love