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.
The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
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.
It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing.
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.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
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.