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
A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
An executive is a man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right.
An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent -- the power to do the right thing the first time.
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.
Initiative is doing the right things without being told.