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
Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.
Man, like Deity, creates in his own image.
A form of self-delusion.
Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.
The goal of evolution is self - conquest
Freedom is the supreme good; freedom from self imposed limitation.
The average man plays to the gallery of his own self-esteem.
Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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.
To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.