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
Habit is a form of exercise.
In the Life of Darwin by his son, there is related an incident of how the great naturalist once studied long as to just what a certain spore was. Finally he said, "It is this, for if it isn't, then what is it?" And all during his life he was never able to forget that he had been guilty of this unscientific attitude, for science is founded on certitude, not assumption.
The stupidity of one brain multiplied by twelve.
Our finest flowers are often weeds transplanted.
Logic is one thing and commonsense another.
The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.
The Businessman is one who supplies something great and good to the world, and collects from the world for the goods.
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares
A good front is half the battle in love or war.
If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought for yourself, I have indeed added to your stature.
Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.
Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.
The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
Don't lose faith in humanity; think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.