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 church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
We are not punished for our sins, but by them.
Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.
I am not sure just what the unpardonable sin is, but I believe it is a disposition to evade the payment of small bills.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
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.