Quotes from Elbert Hubbard
Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.
— Elbert Hubbard
Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
— Elbert Hubbard
The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion
— Elbert Hubbard
A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are.
— Elbert Hubbard
The Great Man is a man who lives a long way off.
— Elbert Hubbard
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.
— Elbert Hubbard
Responsibiliti es gravitate to the man who can shoulder them and the power to him who knows how
— Elbert Hubbard
Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.
— Elbert Hubbard
What we call God's justice is only man's idea of what he would do if he were God.
— Elbert Hubbard
The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.
— Elbert Hubbard
If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?
— Elbert Hubbard
Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.
— Elbert Hubbard