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
Man is the only creature in the animal kingdom that sits in judgment on the work of the Creator and finds it bad - including himself and Nature
Responsibiliti es gravitate to the man who can shoulder them and the power to him who knows how
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.
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
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
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.