Elbert Hubbard

"The thing we fear we bring to pass."

"The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one."

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

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

"There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe."

"There is no failure except in no longer trying."

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

"It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do."

"Two-thirds of all preachers, doctors and lawyers are hanging on to the coat tails of progress, shouting, whoa! while a good many of the rest are busy strewing banana peels along the line of march."

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

"Science is simply the classification of the common knowledge of the common people. It is bringing together the things we all know and putting them together so we can use them. This is creation and finds its analogy in Nature, where the elements are combined in certain ways to give us fruits or flowers or grain."

"The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher."

"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words."

"The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment."

"I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid."

"If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate."

"Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and do not waste a minute thinking about your enemies. Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal. Keep your mind on the great and splendid things you would like to do, and then, as the days go gliding away, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing upon the opportunities that are requiered for the fulfillment of your desire, just as the coral insect takes from the running tide the element it needs. Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual... Thought is supreme. Preserve a right mental attitude - the attitude of courage, frankness, and good cheer. To think rightly is to create. All things come through desire and every sincere prayer is answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed. Carry your chin in and the crown of your head high. We are good in the chrysalis."

"Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things."

"Business, to be successful, must be based on science, for demand and supply are matters of mathematics, not guesswork."

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