ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own UseNo man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life, in a great cause.-Theodore Roosevelt Filled with some of the best words of wisdom ever written, this little volume is sure to uplift any reader. Elbert Hubbard spent much of his life carefully collecting significant quotes from throughout history. He loved searching for and finding new material to add to his scrapbook for personal inspiration. After his death, this richly developed scrapbook was published and can now be relished by readers everywhere.Here one can read pulse-quickening quotes from people like Abraham Lincoln, Rudyard Kipling, Dante, Leo Tolstoy, and many, many more. People from every profession and nationality have been quoted at their best, and these quotes have been carefully compiled for the reader's inspiration and personal growth. This unique book will furnish readers with a little genius for each day, and will inevitably make them better for it. |
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... we would triumph; that is to say, we would break our heads against an invisible obstacle. And when God, who sees all and who wishes to save us, upsets our designs, we stupidly complain against Him, we accuse His Providence.
... we would triumph; that is to say, we would break our heads against an invisible obstacle. And when God, who sees all and who wishes to save us, upsets our designs, we stupidly complain against Him, we accuse His Providence.
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... who vents upon the helpless heads of his wife and children an ill nature he would inflict on his fellow men but dares not. I can forgive much in that fellow mortal who would rather make men swear than women weep; who would rather ...
... who vents upon the helpless heads of his wife and children an ill nature he would inflict on his fellow men but dares not. I can forgive much in that fellow mortal who would rather make men swear than women weep; who would rather ...
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HEonly way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is the encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instil readymade opinions into his head.—Sir Leslie Stephen. a good man by being a good ...
HEonly way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is the encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instil readymade opinions into his head.—Sir Leslie Stephen. a good man by being a good ...
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... of the night that covers me, Black as thePit from pole to pole, I thank whatevergods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutchof circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. I T Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is.
... of the night that covers me, Black as thePit from pole to pole, I thank whatevergods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutchof circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. I T Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is.
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Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody,but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Loomsbut the Horror ofthe Shade, Andyet the menaceof the years Finds, and shallfind, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, ...
Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody,but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Loomsbut the Horror ofthe Shade, Andyet the menaceof the years Finds, and shallfind, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, ...
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| Title | ELBERT HUBBARD'S SCRAP BOOK: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use |
| Author | Elbert Hubbard |
| Publisher | Pelican Publishing Company, 1999 |
| ISBN | 1455603791, 9781455603794 |
| Length | 240 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Essays |
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