Quotes by Elbert Hubbard
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
- Elbert Hubbard
You can lead a boy to college, but you can’t make him think.
- Elbert Hubbard
Never get married in college; it’s hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you’ve already made one mistake.
- Elbert Hubbard
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
- Elbert Hubbard
You can lead a boy to college, but you can’t make him think.
- Elbert Hubbard
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
- Elbert Hubbard
Your friend is the person who knows all about you, and still likes you.
- Elbert Hubbard
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
- Elbert Hubbard
Never explain? Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
- Elbert Hubbard
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
- Elbert Hubbard
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
- Elbert Hubbard
A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience.
- Elbert Hubbard
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
- Elbert Hubbard
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.
- Elbert Hubbard
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
- Elbert Hubbard
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
- Elbert Hubbard
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
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
- Elbert Hubbard
Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
- Elbert Hubbard