Elbert Hubbard

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

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organised their energies around a goal.

Positive anything is better than negative thinking.

Only when you are kinder to yourself, you can be kinder to the world.

Never trust anyone who wants what you’ve got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

Think about all of the times, situations, and circumstances where you have gotten caught up in making your self right rather than happy… The harder you fight to win, the bigger you lose.

If you go into a union, they have got you, but what have you got?

The more natural, the better.

Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon – but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx –the world went around, it didn’t stop for a second. It’s sad but true. John Kennedy, right?

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

As parents we’re not nearly as computer literate as our children are.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.

There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.