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
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.
Responsibiliti es gravitate to the man who can shoulder them and the power to him who knows how
Knowledge is the distilled essence of our institutions, corroborated by experience.
The artist needs no religion beyond his work.
The inspirations of today are the shams of tomorrow the purpose has departed.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.
An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.