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Elbert Hubbard Art Quotes - (21 quotes)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Accomplishment category:

Positive anything is better than negative nothing. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Anticipation category:

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Art category:

Art is not a thing; it is a way. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Competition category:

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there's so little competition. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Criticism category:

To escape criticism – do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Culture category:

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

Elbert Hubbard - From the Emotion category:

Allow motion to equal emotion. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Failure category:

A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Friendship category:

Your friend is that man who knows all about you, and still likes you. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Life category:

Life is just one damned thing after another. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Love category:

The love you liberate in your work is the only love you keep. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Love category:

The love you liberate in your work is the only love you keep. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Mistakes category:

The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Morality category:

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

Elbert Hubbard - From the Perseverance category:

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)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Persistence category:

There is no failure except in no longer trying. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Persistence category:

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Religion category:

The artist needs no religion beyond his work. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Wisdom category:

Every man is a damned fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Work category:

We work to become, not to acquire. (Elbert Hubbard)

Elbert Hubbard - From the Work category:

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. (Elbert Hubbard)

Editor: Robert Genn

Consultants: Sara Genn, Richard Thompson
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