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
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
We work to become, not to acquire.
Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.