Elbert Hubbard

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

Positive anything is better than negative thinking.

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

The first step toward success will be the biggest one.

There are no guarantees, but being ready sure beats being taken by surprise.

I’m competitive, and I love to create challenges for myself. Maybe that’s not always a good thing. It can make life complicated.

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

That’s why I’m so successful because peace is my main thing, it’s not about money. It’s about making sure everybody is having a good time and loving and living and enjoying life

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to ‘gamble’ on an unknown.

Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorised.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

The successful entrepreneur’s unique ability to turn trying times into triumphs.

The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don’t bring presents.

You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.

Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes.