Quote #85
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Elbert Hubbard
- If you suffer, thank God! - it is a sure sign that you are alive.
- It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
- How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?
- I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
- He who doesn't understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
- Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the…
- God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars.
- Life is just one damned thing after another.