“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
Author
Elbert Hubbard
63 quotes
More from Elbert Hubbard
“The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.”
“A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.”
“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.”
“Men are only as great as they are kind.”
“The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.”
“He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.”
“The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.”
“Every man is a d--n fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
“A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.”
“Fear clogs faith liberates.”
“The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.”
“The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.”
“Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.”
“It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.”
“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”
“God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.”
“A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.”
“Life in abundance comes only through great love.”
“Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.”
“The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.”
“The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.”
“Life is just one damned thing after another.”
“Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.”