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
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.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
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.
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.
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.