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
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
All good men are anarchists. All cultured, kindly men; all gentlemen; all just men are anarchists. Jesus was an anarchist.
When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods.
As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual.
Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked
Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters.
What boy well raised can compare with your street gamin who has the knowledge and the shrewdness of a grown-up broker.
Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.
The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball.
God looked upon His work and saw that it was good. That is where the clergy take issue with him.
The home is a tryst-the place where we retire and shut the world out.