Elbert Hubbard
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
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.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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What the heart gives away is never gone. It is kept in the hearts of others.
My love for you is a journey, starting at forever, and ending at never.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
If you wanna call me that, smile.
And for an hour, for an hour, I'm the best actress in the world.
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Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
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The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
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Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
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Happiness is a state of mind.
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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Love is not blind. It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less.
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Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
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A goal properly set is halfway reached.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
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Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Do not let the reasons for your challenges become the excuses for your failure.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
The beginning is the half of every action.
Love conquers all things, let us too surrender to love.
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Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
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It ain't over till it's over.
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We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Love is the river of life in the world.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
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The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
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I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
You create your reality.