--- title: "20 Ifs Quotes By Elbert Hubbard" description: "20 Ifs quotes by Elbert Hubbard. Plus more from Elbert Hubbard and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/elbert-hubbard-510_benefit_if-men-will-not-act-for-themselves-what_881031.png" --- > [If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-men-will-not-act-for-themselves-what-will-they-do-when-the-benefit/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/elbert-hubbard-510_benefit_if-men-will-not-act-for-themselves-what_881031.png) > [Wealth is an engine that can be used for power, if you are an engineer; but to be tied to the fly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/wealth-is-an-engine-that-can-be-used-for-power-if-you-are-an-engineer/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/elbert-hubbard-510_engine_wealth-is-an-engine-that-can-be-used-for_1770845.png) > [Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/some-men-can-get-results-if-kindly-encouraged-but-give-me-the-kind/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7f/elbert-hubbard-510_give-me_some-men-can-get-results-if-kindly-encou_2866437.png) > [What we call God's justice is only man's idea of what he would do if he were God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/what-we-call-god-s-justice-is-only-man-s-idea-of-what-he-would-do-if/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/elbert-hubbard-510_atheism_what-we-call-god-s-justice-is-only-man-s_3019329.png) > [If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-put-to-the-pinch-an-ounce-of-loyalty-is-worth-a-pound-of-cleverness/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/elbert-hubbard-510_cleverness_if-put-to-the-pinch-an-ounce-of-loyalty_701065.png) > [If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-it-was-woman-who-put-man-out-of-paradise-it-is-still-woman-and/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a76/elbert-hubbard-510_feminism_if-it-was-woman-who-put-man-out-of-parad_635853.png) > [If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-your-religion-does-not-change-you-then-you-had-better-change-your/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/elbert-hubbard-510_change_if-your-religion-does-not-change-you-the_2710203.png) > [If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-we-cannot-be-powerful-and-happy-and-prey-on-others-we-invent/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/elbert-hubbard-510_conscience_if-we-cannot-be-powerful-and-happy-and-p_1903122.png) > [If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-you-have-health-you-probably-will-be-happy-and-if-you-have-health/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/elbert-hubbard-510_being-happy_if-you-have-health-you-probably-will-be_1944963.png) > [If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/elbert-hubbard-510_i-can_if-i-supply-you-with-a-thought-you-may-r_30835.png) > [It does not make much difference what a person studies-all knowledge is related, and the man who studies anything, if he keeps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/it-does-not-make-much-difference-what-a-person-studies-all-knowledge/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0c/elbert-hubbard-510_differences_it-does-not-make-much-difference-what-a_477344.png) > [If you work for a man, in Heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply your bread and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-you-work-for-a-man-in-heavens-name-work-for-him-if-he-pays-you/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/elbert-hubbard-510_bread_if-you-work-for-a-man-in-heavens-name-wo_1525549.jpg) > [In the Life of Darwin by his son, there is related an incident of how the great naturalist once studied long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/in-the-life-of-darwin-by-his-son-there-is-related-an-incident-of-how/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/elbert-hubbard-510_able_in-the-life-of-darwin-by-his-son-there-i_1709749.png) > [I pray that I may never meddle, interfere, dictate, give advice that is not wanted, or assist when my services are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/i-pray-that-i-may-never-meddle-interfere-dictate-give-advice-that-is/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/elbert-hubbard-510_advice_i-pray-that-i-may-never-meddle-interfere_1569275.jpg) > [If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-you-work-for-a-man-in-heavens-name-work-for-him-if-he-pays-you-2/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/elbert-hubbard-510_bread_if-you-work-for-a-man-in-heavens-name-wo_2817251.jpg) > [If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-you-work-for-a-man-in-heaven-s-name-work-for-him-speak-well-of-him/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/elbert-hubbard-510_blow_if-you-work-for-a-man-in-heaven-s-name-w_330653.jpg) > [If you don't advertise yourself you will be advertised by your loving enemies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-you-don-t-advertise-yourself-you-will-be-advertised-by-your-loving/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/elbert-hubbard-510_advertise_if-you-don-t-advertise-yourself-you-will_3095403.png) > [If you want work well done, select a busy man - the other kind has no time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-you-want-work-well-done-select-a-busy-man-the-other-kind-has-no/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/elbert-hubbard-510_business_if-you-want-work-well-done-select-a-busy_2892661.png) > [I have no perfect panacea for human ills. And even if I had I would not attempt to present a system of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/i-have-no-perfect-panacea-for-human-ills-and-even-if-i-had-i-would/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/elbert-hubbard-510_fishes_i-have-no-perfect-panacea-for-human-ills_383638.png) > [If there is any better way to teach virtue than by practicing it, I do not know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/if-there-is-any-better-way-to-teach-virtue-than-by-practicing-it-i-do/) [Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b61/elbert-hubbard-510_better-way_if-there-is-any-better-way-to-teach-virt_2897156.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/elbert-hubbard/#itemlist", "name": "20 Ifs Quotes By Elbert Hubbard", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elbert Hubbard" }, "url": 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