Elbert Hubbard

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

"A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience."

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

"Art is not a thing; it is a way."

"Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself."

"Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time."

"Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly."

"Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition."

"Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed."

"Fear clogs; faith liberates."

"He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much."

"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."

"Live truth instead of professing it."

"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."

"Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death."

"Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake."

"Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer."

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."

"Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure."

"Positive anything is better than negative nothing."

"Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it."

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today."

"The love we give away is the only love we keep."

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

"This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum."

"We are punished by our sins, not for them."

"We work to become, not to acquire."