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
Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
Fences are made for those who cannot fly.
The cheerful loser is the winner.
To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
Fear clogs; Faith liberates.
Growth is often a painful process.
Growth is often a painful process.
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war. The man who prides himself on fisticuffs is going, some day, to meet a man who considers himself the better man, and they will test the issue.
Play needs direction as well as work.
Prison is a Socialist paradise where equality prevails, everything is supplied, and competition is eliminated.
The finest friendships are between those who can do without each other.