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Elbert Hubbard says we often think people are more impressive than they really are, and we also think dull people are less clever than they seem. He points out that a single extraordinary person can do work a machine cannot match. He also criticizes theology for pulling attention away from everyday life.

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No man ever did or can do a great work alone.

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Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.

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Man is Creation's masterpiece. But who says so?

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A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

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Your neighbor is the man who needs you.

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Blessed is the man who has found someone to do his work.

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If you want work well done, select a busy man - the other kind has no time.

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Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.

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Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only…

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The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion

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Responsibiliti es gravitate to the man who can shoulder them and the power to him who knows how

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Let a man once see himself as others see him, and all enthusiasm vanishes from his heart.

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Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the…

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The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.

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Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors

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Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.

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Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your…

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War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or…

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If you work for a man, in Heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply your bread and…

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I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something…

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The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and…

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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image…

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The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in…

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Do not go out of your way to do good whenever it comes your way. Men who make a business of doing…

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Do you say that religion is still needed? Then I answer that Work, Study, Health and Love constitute religion. . . .…

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The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part…

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If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he…

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Theology, by diverting the attention of men from this life to another, and by endeavoring to coerce all men into one religion,…

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If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread…

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Every man who speaks out loud and clear is tinting the "Zeitgeist." Every man who expresses what he honestly thinks is true…

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When certain unmarried men, who had lost their capacity to sin, sat indoors, breathing bad air, and passed resolutions about what was…

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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.…

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When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods.

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Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion

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Men are only as great as they are kind.

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

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Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.

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The Great Man is a man who lives a long way off.

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A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are.

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Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.

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The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better

Art is nothing; it's a way.

Library: A place where the dead lie.

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

The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought…

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to…

The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference…

Every knock is a boost.

What boy well raised can compare with your street gamin who has the knowledge and the shrewdness of a grown-up broker.

Don't make excuses, make good.

What people need and what they want may be very different… Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.

Men who sit back and pride themselves on their culture haven't any to speak of.