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
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
The man who has no problems is out of the game.
It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.