One tends to overlook the fact that all during the 30's and actually during the late 40's I was a highly successful writer and a great many properties accumulated during that period of time.


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It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.
KIN HUBBARD
Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great...
ELBERT HUBBARD
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today
ELBERT HUBBARD
A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
ELBERT HUBBARD
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience w...
ELBERT HUBBARD
Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.
KIN HUBBARD
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.
KIN HUBBARD
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, But quickly to see how to make them good.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.
KIN HUBBARD
Luck is tenacity of purpose.
ELBERT HUBBARD
All the world loves a good loser.
KIN HUBBARD
It's the good loser who finally loses out.
KIN HUBBARD
He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
KIN HUBBARD
A loafer always has the correct time.
KIN HUBBARD
Laughter is higher than all pain.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about ...
KIN HUBBARD
And yet of all the home remedies,
A good wife and mother is still the best.
KIN HUBBARD
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
ELBERT HUBBARD
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
KIN HUBBARD
Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
KIN HUBBARD
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides.
RUTH HUBBARD
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
KIN HUBBARD
Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed -- there's so little competition.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Why doesn't the fellow who says, I'm no speechmaker let it go at that instead of giving a demonstrat...
KIN HUBBARD
Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change...
KIN HUBBARD
What people need and what they want may be very different.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
ELBERT HUBBARD