Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Green Hubbardwas an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Presently Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Among his many publications were the nine-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short publication A Message to Garcia. He and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth19 June 1859
CountryUnited States of America
A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
No explanation ever explains the necessity of making one.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent -- the power to do the right thing the first time.
An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
Man is the only creature in the animal kingdom that sits in judgment on the work of the Creator and finds it bad - including himself and Nature
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
One who limits himself to his chosen mode of ignorance.
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same
A woman can defend her virtue from men much more easily than she can protect her reputation from women
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines its spirit, you had better build well