Whenever you leave the house, lift your chin, carry your head, and straighten your chest. Good advice on enemies, goals, success, excuses.
Elbert Green Hubbard is an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was one of the key figures in the art movement known as the Arts and Crafts Movement, but he is best known for his essay A Message to Garcia.
And so wise advice:
Don't be afraid of misunderstandings and don't waste a minute thinking about your enemies.
Think of the wonderful successes that you are destined to achieve over time, and then you will unconsciously use all the opportunities necessary to use your dream.
It doesn't take much effort to get things done; the hardest part is deciding what to do.
Maintain the right mood - courage, hospitality and cheerfulness.
We become what our heart tells us.
Each of us is a fool for at least 5 minutes a day; the wisdom is not to exceed the limit.
Never make excuses. Your friends don't need it, and your enemies won't believe it anyway.
Laugh with others, not others.
True loneliness is the presence of a person who does not understand you.
The best service a book can do for you is not only to communicate the truth, but to make you ponder over it.
If you want to avoid criticism, don't do anything, don't say anything and be nothing.
Whenever you leave the house, lift your chin, carry your head and straighten your chest; rejoice in the sun, greet your friends with a smile and put cordiality into every handshake. Don't be afraid of misunderstandings and don't waste a minute thinking about your enemies. Decide firmly for yourself what you want to do, and do not hesitate to strive towards your goal along the shortest path. Think about the wonderful successes that you are destined to achieve over time, and then you will unconsciously use all the opportunities necessary to use your dreams, like a coral polyp takes all the necessary substances from a stream of seawater. Draw in your imagination the capable, serious and significant person you want to become, and let this thought transform you into just that person hour after hour. … Thought is above all. Maintain the right mood - courage, hospitality and cheerfulness. To think right means to create. All ideas come to us through desires, and every sincere prayer finds its own response. We become what our heart tells us. Keep your chin high and carry your head proudly.
Elbert Green Hubbard
