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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 thingCarry a message to Garcia!
-Elbert Hubbard
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If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him!If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for himspeak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Ability
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Action(s)
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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Allow motion to equal emotion.
-Elbert Hubbard
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Appreciation
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I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Attitude
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We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Authors & Writing
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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.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Business
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Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.
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Character
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Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Charity
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Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
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Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
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Civilization
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The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Committee
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A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
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Competition
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Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed -- there's so little competition.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Compromise
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It is the weak man who urges compromise -- never the strong man.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Conflict
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What people need and what they want may be very different.
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Corporations
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An executive is a man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right.
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Death
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To stop sinning suddenly.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Decisions
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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Diets and Dieting
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A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who lives well.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Dignity
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Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
-Elbert Hubbard
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Enthusiasm
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Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.
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Books by and about Elbert Hubbard