Elbert Hubbard Optimism Quotations

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

Let a man once see himself as others see him, and all enthusiasm vanishes from his heart.

Every life is its own excuse for being, and to deny or refute the untrue things that are said of you is an error in judgment. All wrong recoils upon the doer, and the person who makes wrong statements about others is themselves to be pitied, not the person they vilify. It is better to be lied about than to lie. At the last no one can harm us but ourselves.