Elbert Hubbard Quotes

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

That is what all of us must learn to do in the United States; to limit objectives, to get ourselves away from the absolute, to find out what is within our powers.

Genius is knowing where to stop.

Let your thoughts be abundant, but let your mouth be under restraint.

Let no man glory in the greatness of his mind, but rather keep watch o'er his wits.

There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you.

You have to know when to stop - that's wisdom.

We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.

There is endless merit in a man's knowing when to have done.

You gotta take care of yourself; you can't do anything in excess.

I don't vocalise things that don't deserve attention.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.

To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

I am not overconfident.

Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.

Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust.