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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You would have been done for, my fine fellow; before nightfall you would be lying dead, and on coming upstairs, in the evening with my lamp, I would have found your poor little corpse among those of the other bees.
You would have been done for, my fine fellow; before nightfall you would be lying dead, and on coming upstairs, in the evening with my lamp, I would have found your poor little corpse among those of the other bees.
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What is the matter with the poor is Poverty. What is the matter with the Rich is Uselessness.—George Bernard Shaw. Who shall put his finger on the work of justice and say, “It is there”? Justice is like the kingdom of God: it is not ...
What is the matter with the poor is Poverty. What is the matter with the Rich is Uselessness.—George Bernard Shaw. Who shall put his finger on the work of justice and say, “It is there”? Justice is like the kingdom of God: it is not ...
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Yes, we will do almost anything forthe poor man, anything but get off his back.—Leo Tolstoy. F you succeed in life, you must do it in spite of the efforts of othersto pull you down. There is nothing in the idea that people are willing ...
Yes, we will do almost anything forthe poor man, anything but get off his back.—Leo Tolstoy. F you succeed in life, you must do it in spite of the efforts of othersto pull you down. There is nothing in the idea that people are willing ...
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Iguess thekind princess could n't understand why Moses wanted tobe a poor Jewinstead of a rich Egyptian.But if youcan understand, if you can understand why I'm goingtostay with my ownpeople, you'll understandall I've been tryingto say ...
Iguess thekind princess could n't understand why Moses wanted tobe a poor Jewinstead of a rich Egyptian.But if youcan understand, if you can understand why I'm goingtostay with my ownpeople, you'll understandall I've been tryingto say ...
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If you are idleorsick or poor, however hard it may be to diminish your wants, it will be harder to augment your means. Ifyou are active and prosperous or young orin good health, it may be easier for you to augmentyour means than to ...
If you are idleorsick or poor, however hard it may be to diminish your wants, it will be harder to augment your means. Ifyou are active and prosperous or young orin good health, it may be easier for you to augmentyour means than to ...
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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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