Elbert Hubbard

“Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.”

“The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.”

“Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.”

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

“This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.”

“Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.”

“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.”

“We are punished by our sins, not for them.”

“The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.”

“Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.”

“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.”

“Live truth instead of professing it.”

“We work to become, not to acquire.”

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”