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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... earth. 'T is the breath ofthe Eternal—the kissofthe Immortal Oratory is farabove houses and lands, offices and emoluments, possessions and power. Whileitmay secure all of these it must not for a moment be classed with them. These things ...
... earth. 'T is the breath ofthe Eternal—the kissofthe Immortal Oratory is farabove houses and lands, offices and emoluments, possessions and power. Whileitmay secure all of these it must not for a moment be classed with them. These things ...
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... earth. Great elemental forces silently working out thedestiny of man have seized thesemen, touched their eyes with ... earth's thousand tribes.—O. W. Holmes. E. HE millionaire is a new kind of man—many of them. It is XCEPT a living man ...
... earth. Great elemental forces silently working out thedestiny of man have seized thesemen, touched their eyes with ... earth's thousand tribes.—O. W. Holmes. E. HE millionaire is a new kind of man—many of them. It is XCEPT a living man ...
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... earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.— Samuel Johnson. There exists no cure for a heart wounded with the sword of separation.—Hitopadesa. For each and every joyful thing, For twilight swallows on the wing, For all that nest and ...
... earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.— Samuel Johnson. There exists no cure for a heart wounded with the sword of separation.—Hitopadesa. For each and every joyful thing, For twilight swallows on the wing, For all that nest and ...
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... earth is great notonly because of what it has, but also because of what lies withinits reach. 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 ...
... earth is great notonly because of what it has, but also because of what lies withinits reach. 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 ...
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... earth beneath your feet again, as you carefully crawl back from your perchingplace But thisisnot all, nor is the half yet told. As soon as you can stand it, go out on that jutting rock again and mark the sculpturing of God upon those ...
... earth beneath your feet again, as you carefully crawl back from your perchingplace But thisisnot all, nor is the half yet told. As soon as you can stand it, go out on that jutting rock again and mark the sculpturing of God upon those ...
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