290 ordspråk av Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard föddes den June 19th 1856 och dog den 7 May 1915 - US writer
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 The love we give away is the only love we keep.

 The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.

 The man who has no problems is out of the game

 The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work.

 The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

 The object of teaching a child is to enable them to get along without their teacher.

 The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

 The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel

 The only time some fellows are ever seen with their wives is after they've been indicted

 The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.

 The path of least resistance is what makes rivers run crooked.

 The point I wish to make is this: [President William] McKinley gave Rowan a letter to be delivered to Garcia; Rowan took the letter & did not ask, “Where is he at?” By the Eternal! there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze & the statue placed in every college of the land. It is not book-learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies: do the thing—“Carry a message to Garcia!”

 The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

 The recipe for perpetual ignorance is a very simple and effective one: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge

 The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.


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