Quotes from Elbert Hubbard

It is only life and love that give love and life.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

The newspapers print what the people want, and thus does the savage still swing his club and flourish his spear.

The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight with the blow, to live an eternity in an hour.

Charity begins at home, and usually stays there.

Remember this: If you work for a man, in Heaven's name, work for him. If he pays you wages which supply you bread and butter, work for him; speak well of him; stand by the institution he represents. If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn and eternally disparage - resign your position, and when you are on the outside, damn to your heart's content, but as long as you are part of the institution do not condemn it.

The love we give away is the only one we keep.

Time is an eternal guest that banquets on our ideals and bodies.

Time is an illusion-to orators.