Elbert Hubbard - True Quotes

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When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true.

Elbert Hubbard

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

Elbert Hubbard

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

Elbert Hubbard

It is true that we are punished by our sins and not for them; it is true also that we are blessed and benefited by our sins. Having tasted the bitterness of error, we can avoid it.

Elbert Hubbard

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

Elbert Hubbard

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

Elbert Hubbard

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Elbert Hubbard

Every man who speaks out loud and clear is tinting the "Zeitgeist." Every man who expresses what he honestly thinks is true is changing the Spirit of the Times. Thinkers help other people to think, for they formulate what others are thinking. No person writes or thinks alone--thought is in the air, but its expression is necessary to create a tangible Spirit of the Times.

Elbert Hubbard