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
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.
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.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
As we grow better, we meet better people.
Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.
We work to become, not to acquire.
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.