Elbert Hubbard Quotes

The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it, to the exclusion even of hope.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

The true exercise of freedom is - cannily and wisely and with grace - to move inside what space confines - and not seek to know what lies beyond and cannot be touched or tasted.

I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to print out an article I've written, or missing out on the N.B.A. Finals. But at some point, I decided that, for me at least, happiness arose out of all I didn't want or need, not all I did.

The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

I think one of the biggest things is I wasn't spoiled as a kid. I got what I needed. I didn't always get what I wanted. But it's good to have what you need.

In an age where overindulgence seems to be the norm, I can't help but look back and feel thankful that my parents chose to hold out on giving me everything that I wanted growing up.

Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

We must like what we have when we don't have what we like.

Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.

I haven't been given many things, but I've been given ample, limitless patience.

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

He who awaits much can expect little.

I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere. I'm not kidding.

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

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

Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'

My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

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

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.