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“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted By Ali Baba And The Bunch On Rainy Days

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Never explain―your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.”
― 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.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“True life lies in laughter, love and work.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Art is not a thing; it is a way. ”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do”
― Elbert Hubbard

“This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
― Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl that she used to be. But a great artist-a master-and that is what Auguste Rodin was-can look at an old woman, protray her exactly as she is...and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be...and more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo, or even you, see that this lovely young girl is still alive, not old and ugly at all, but simply prisoned inside her ruined body. He can make you feel the quiet, endless tragedy that there was never a girl born who ever grew older than eighteen in her heart...no matter what the merciless hours have done to her. Look at her, Ben. Growing old doesn't matter to you and me; we were never meant to be admired-but it does to them.”
― Robert Heinlein

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.”
― Robert A. Heinlein