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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HE other evening I was a little late in going down to dinner, and thiswas the reason: I noticed a number ofdead beeslying onthe floor of the lookout asight I threw open the window, and, by meansof a napkin, began chasing the insect ...
HE other evening I was a little late in going down to dinner, and thiswas the reason: I noticed a number ofdead beeslying onthe floor of the lookout asight I threw open the window, and, by meansof a napkin, began chasing the insect ...
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... the Lawgiver, as recorded in the third chapter of Exodus. I think it'sthe seventh verse: 'And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my peoplewhich are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; ...
... the Lawgiver, as recorded in the third chapter of Exodus. I think it'sthe seventh verse: 'And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my peoplewhich are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; ...
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good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but he who destroys a good bookkills reason itself.—John Milton. Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude ...
good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but he who destroys a good bookkills reason itself.—John Milton. Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude ...
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The quest after ideals is the central reason of life. This pursuit abandoned, life need not run along any longer. The pitcher isbroken at the fountain. The idealists are creating a human world after the pattern shown them in the Mount.
The quest after ideals is the central reason of life. This pursuit abandoned, life need not run along any longer. The pitcher isbroken at the fountain. The idealists are creating a human world after the pattern shown them in the Mount.
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There is always a reason,in the man,for his goodor bad fortune; and so, in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic about this, and believe inmagic, in all parts of life. He knows that all goes on the old road, pound for pound ...
There is always a reason,in the man,for his goodor bad fortune; and so, in making money. Men talk as if there were some magic about this, and believe inmagic, in all parts of life. He knows that all goes on the old road, pound for pound ...
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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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