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
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
The thing we fear we bring to pass.
We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess.
The Great Man is a man who lives a long way off.
Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.
Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.
Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few.
The inspirations of today are the shams of tomorrow the purpose has departed.
Success is the most natural thing in the world. The person who does not succeed has placed himself in opposition to the laws of the Universe.
Prophecy - To observe that which has passed, and guess it will happen again.
Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both.
The more one knows, the more one simplifies.
The hundred-point man is one who is true to every trust; who keeps his word; who is loyal to the firm that employs him; who does not listen for insults nor look for slights; who carries a civil tongue in his head; who is polite to strangers without being fresh; who is considerate toward servants; who is moderate in his eating and drinking; who is willing to learn; who is cautious and yet courageous.