Elbert Hubbard ( 9 of 89 )
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.
If you want work well done, select a busy man; the other kind has no time.
If you want work well done, select a busy man; the other kind has no time.
Your neighbor is the man who needs you
Your neighbor is the man who needs you
To do a perfectly unselfish act for selfish motives.
To do a perfectly unselfish act for selfish motives.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an read more
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks
at your door but is playing an anvil chorus on every man's door,
and then lays for the owner around the corner with a club. The
world is in sore need of men who can do things. Indeed, cases
can easily be recalled by every one where Opportunity actually
smashed in the door and collared her candidate and dragged him
forth to success. These cases are exceptional, usually you have
to meet Opportunity half-way. But the only place where you can
get away from Opportunity is to lie down and die. Opportunity
does not trouble dead men, or dead ones who flatter themselves
that they are alive.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who "lives well.".
A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who "lives well.".
Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.
Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.
