Elbert Hubbard Quotes

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.

Our culture highlights the desire to always have more, even when we should be grateful for what we have.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

I've had a lot of great stuff - spectacular stuff - happen to me. I've got to not be a pig about life.

What you've never had, you never miss.

We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.

What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love.

We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.

For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.

We're surrounded by wonder, and yet we want more, and we want it bigger, faster, louder, better.

He who awaits much can expect little.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim.