Elbert Hubbard, a writer (1856 - 1915), is quoted 462 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Inspirational, Motivational, Life and Work.

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We are punished by our sins, not for them. - Elbert Hubbard

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing. - Elbert Hubbard

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. - Elbert Hubbard

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. - Elbert Hubbard

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. - Elbert Hubbard

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness ... - Elbert Hubbard

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to ... - Elbert Hubbard

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so ... - Elbert Hubbard

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

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do ... - Elbert Hubbard

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

A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same ... - Elbert Hubbard

A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a ... - 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.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't ... - Elbert Hubbard

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

Every knock is a boost.

A form of self-delusion.

History: gossip well told.

Art is nothing; it's a way.

Habit is a form of exercise.

Luck is tenacity of purpose.

Fear clogs; Faith liberates.

The cure for grief is motion.

Success consists in the climb.

Allow motion to equal emotion.

Don't make excuses, make good.

Time is an illusion-to orators.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

A creed is an ossified metaphor.

Nothing is permanent but change.

Grammar is the grave of letters.

A goal without a plan is a dream.

Laughter is higher than all pain.

The cheerful loser is the winner.

Piety is the tinfoil of pretense.

Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously

Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

Growth is often a painful process.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

We work to become, not to acquire.

History: a collection of epitaphs.

Victory; a matter of staying power.

I believe in the Motherhood of God.

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

Library: A place where the dead lie.

Lawyers are the jackals of commerce.

Live truth instead of professing it.

Theology is Classified Superstition.

Postponement: The father of failure.

Play needs direction as well as work.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Habit: The great economizer of energy.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

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