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Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true. (Elbert Hubbard)
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. View quote
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Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things. View quote
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Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority. View quote
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Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness. View quote
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Life in abundance comes only through great love. View quote
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Real life is in love, laughter, and work. View quote
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The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. View quote
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The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence. View quote
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Optimism is a kind of heart stimulus, the digitalis of failure. View quote
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Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer. (Elbert Hubbard)
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. View quote
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Theology is an attempt to explain a subject by men who do not understand it. The intent is not to tell the truth but to satisfy the questioner. View quote
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Nothing is permanent but change. View quote
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If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. View quote
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The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs. View quote
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The business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through hell. View quote
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If there is any better way to teach virtue than by practicing it, I do not know it. View quote
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I rather like the World. The Flesh is pleasing and the Devil does not trouble me. View quote
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A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist. View quote
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Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it. (Elbert Hubbard)
Destruction, violence, ravages, murder, are perpetrated by statute law. View quote
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Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly. View quote
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There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them and not to interfere. This plan, however, has very seldom been practised, because the politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked, and something must be done to make it stand quiet. View quote
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Genius is often only the power of making continuous efforts. View quote
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