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
Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors
It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
Victory; a matter of staying power.
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.
Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one.
Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.