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title: "2 Desire Thought Quotes By Elbert Hubbard"
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> [Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual you so admire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/picture-in-your-mind-the-able-earnest-useful-person-you-desire-to-be/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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> [“Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/whenever-you-go-out-of-doors-draw-the-chin-in-carry-the-crown-of-the-2/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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## More by Elbert Hubbard

> [The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/the-teacher-is-one-who-makes-two-ideas-grow-where-only-one-grew-before/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/the-highest-reward-that-god-gives-us-for-good-work-is-the-ability-to/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [Art is nothing; it's a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/art-is-nothing-it-s-a-way/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [Library: A place where the dead lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/library-a-place-where-the-dead-lie/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [“If we cannot be happy and powerful and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-we-cannot-be-happy-and-powerful-and-prey-on-others-we-invent/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/the-poor-and-ignorant-will-continue-to-lie-and-steal-as-long-as-the/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/so-long-as-governments-set-the-example-of-killing-their-enemies/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-i-supply-you-with-a-thought-you-may-remember-it-and-you-may-not/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/1-2-3-4-5-a-conservative-is-a-man-who-is-too-cowardly-to-fight-and/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/the-great-man-is-not-so-great-as-folks-think-and-the-dull-man-is-not/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [Every knock is a boost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/every-knock-is-a-boost/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [What boy well raised can compare with your street gamin who has the knowledge and the shrewdness of a grown-up broker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/what-boy-well-raised-can-compare-with-your-street-gamin-who-has-the/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [Don't make excuses, make good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/don-t-make-excuses-make-good/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [What people need and what they want may be very different… Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/what-people-need-and-what-they-want-may-be-very-different-teachers/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

> [Men who sit back and pride themselves on their culture haven't any to speak of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/men-who-sit-back-and-pride-themselves-on-their-culture-haven-t-any-to/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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