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
Elbert Hubbard quotes about
If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for him speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
The cure for grief is motion.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.