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
No explanation ever explains the necessity of making one.
Pain is deeper than all thought; laughter is higher than all pain
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Men are only as great as they are kind.
To give up your seat in a car to a woman, and tread on your neighbor's foot to get even
To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him to think.
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines its spirit, you had better build well
An executive is a man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right.
An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
A woman can defend her virtue from men much more easily than she can protect her reputation from women
A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same
A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist.