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
There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them and not to interfere. This plan, however, has very seldom been practised, because the politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked, and something must be done to make it stand quiet.
The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs.
Insomnia never comes to a man who has to get up exactly at six o'clock. Insomnia troubles only those who can sleep any time.
Prophecy - To observe that which has passed, and guess it will happen again.
No matter how long you live, die young.
Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.
Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.
Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.
Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few.
Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping. Happiness is a habit. Cultivate it.
The inspirations of today are the shams of tomorrow the purpose has departed.
Success is the most natural thing in the world. The person who does not succeed has placed himself in opposition to the laws of the Universe.
If there is any better way to teach virtue than by practicing it, I do not know it.
Every knock is a boost.