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
Elbert Hubbard quotes about
Laughter is higher than all pain.
Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
Live truth instead of professing it.
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.
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
In order to have friends, you must first be one.
I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up
Success consists in the climb.
Growth is often a painful process.
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.