Elbert Hubbard

If we cannot be happy and powerful and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.

Elbert Hubbard

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

If you work for a man, in Heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply your bread and butter, work for him, stand by him, and stand by the institution he represents.

Elbert Hubbard

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

Elbert Hubbard

It is only life and love that give love and life.

Elbert Hubbard

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

Elbert Hubbard

It’s pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

Elbert Hubbard

Knowledge is the distilled essence of our institutions, corroborated by experience.

Elbert Hubbard