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
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.
The artist needs no religion beyond his work.
Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.
Every life is its own excuse for being.
Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.
Life is a movement outward, an unfolding.
Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is
Every knock is a boost.
Real life is in love, laughter, and work.
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.
Life is a compromise between fate and free will.