Elbert Hubbard Thinking Quotations

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 him speak 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.

Good health! Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of your head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and never waste a minute thinking about your enemies.

Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.

No book is of much importance; the vital thing is, What do you yourself think?

You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. You can lead a boy to college but you cannot make him think.

People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.

To supply a thought is mental massage; but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised.

Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.

Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.

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.

Put yourself in the other man's place and then you will know why he thinks certain things and does certain deeds.

If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought for yourself, I have indeed added to your stature.

Don't lose faith in humanity; think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.