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
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
Laughter is higher than all pain.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
If you want work well done, select a busy man - the other kind has no time.
If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.