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Danh ngôn của Elbert Hubbard (Sứ mệnh: 1)

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
Live truth instead of professing it.
Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
We work to become, not to acquire.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
The thing we fear we bring to pass.
Fear clogs; faith liberates.
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.