Elbert Hubbard Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

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

2. God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.

3. I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

4. The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.

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

6. There is no failure except in no longer trying.

7. There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Vol. 3: American Statesmen

8. Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and do not waste a minute thinking about your enemies. Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal. Keep your mind on the great and splendid things you would like to do, and then, as the days go gliding away, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing upon the opportunities that are requiered for the fulfillment of your desire, just as the coral insect takes from the running tide the element it needs. Picture in your mind the able, earnest, useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual... Thought is supreme. Preserve a right mental attitude - the attitude of courage, frankness, and good cheer. To think rightly is to create. All things come through desire and every sincere prayer is answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed. Carry your chin in and the crown of your head high. We are good in the chrysalis.

9. Professor [John] Tyndall once said the finest inspiration he ever received was from an old man who could scarcely read. This man acted as his servant. Each morning the old man would knock on the door of the scientist and call, 'Arise, Sir: it is near seven o'clock and you have great work to do today.

10. Die Liebe, die wir geben, ist die einzige Liebe, die wir behalten. The love we give away is the only love we keep.