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
I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
Success consists in the climb.
Live truth instead of professing it.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.
Growth is often a painful process.
In order to have friends, you must first be one.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.