Top 400 Elbert Hubbard Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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2. “The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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3. “Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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4. “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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5. “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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6. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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7. “Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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8. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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9. “To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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10. “If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Featured in: Wellness Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Health Quotes

11. “Nothing is permanent but change.”

— Elbert Hubbard

12. “One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”

— Elbert Hubbard

13. “The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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14. “We work to become, not to acquire.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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15. “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”

— Elbert Hubbard

16. “Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.”

— Elbert Hubbard

17. “Happiness is a habit – cultivate it.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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18. “Growth is often a painful process.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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19. “Responsibility is the price of freedom.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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20. “No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.”

— Elbert Hubbard

21. “Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They’re realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.”

— Elbert Hubbard

22. “The cure for grief is motion.”

— Elbert Hubbard

23. “We are punished by our sins, not for them.”

— Elbert Hubbard

24. “Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”

— Elbert Hubbard

25. “Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.”

— Elbert Hubbard

26. “Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.”

— Elbert Hubbard

27. “Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Featured in: Good Morning Quotes, Personal Growth Quotes

28. “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

Featured in: Patience Quotes, Never Give Up Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Keep Going Quotes

29. “Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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30. “In order to have friends, you must first be one.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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31. “The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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

— Elbert Hubbard

33. “The cheerful loser is the winner.”

— Elbert Hubbard

34. “Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.”

— Elbert Hubbard

35. “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

36. “Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst.”

— Elbert Hubbard

37. “Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.”

— Elbert Hubbard

38. “If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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39. “A goal without a plan is a dream.”

— Elbert Hubbard

40. “God is good, there is no devil but fear.”

— Elbert Hubbard

41. “Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.”

— Elbert Hubbard

42. “Art is not a thing; it is a way.”

— Elbert Hubbard

43. “Life is just one damned thing after another.”

— Elbert Hubbard

44. “History: gossip well told.”

— Elbert Hubbard

45. “Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!”

— Elbert Hubbard

46. “The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.”

— Elbert Hubbard

47. “The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.”

— Elbert Hubbard

48. “No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.”

— Elbert Hubbard

49. “Everything comes too late for those who only wait.”

— Elbert Hubbard

50. “The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.”

— Elbert Hubbard