Elbert Hubbard Quotes

In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The only solutions that are ever worth anything are the solutions that people find themselves.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

Only those who are built up can build others up, amen?

Liberation does not come from outside.

Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

You have to empower yourself.

I think being independent gives you a different confidence about yourself. It gives you more power, especially in certain relationships.

I think many times we charge the Lord for things we can do ourselves. If only we realized how well we have been equipped.

There are people who give you the confidence that you're lacking and once you have confidence, you're free and finally you can let out what's inside of you.

I don't need love or a man to complete me,and someday, you'll find that true for yourself. Suitors will come and go, but you will remain.

Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, Standing on my own two feet.

As Aunt Naomi was listing all the things she was going to do to help this person, her friend stopped her in mid-sentence. "Naomi, girl," she said, "you need to resign as general manager of the universe. You need to learn that sometimes the best way to help a person is to let them help themselves. Otherwise, they never learn how. And they are always going to make their problems your problems."

I cant save you, you have to save yourself.

Wisdom's daughter walks alone. That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. It meant without any special powers.

A consultant solves other people"s problems. I could never do that. I want to help other people solve their own problems.

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

Sometimes it's the people you can't help who inspire you the most.

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment.

The ideal of helping is to make others independent of you. You help them to become more independent rather than making them addicted to you.

Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.

The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.