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
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
Men are only as great as they are kind.
The cure for grief is motion.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.
Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do
If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for him speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.