Authors - Elbert Hubbard
Brief Biography
Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 - May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he met early success as a traveling salesman with the Larkin soap company. Today Hubbard is mostly known 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 story A Message to Garcia. He and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania, which was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915. - Wikipedia
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Quote 1101by Anonymous on 10/01/2011
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Quote 1121by Anonymous on 10/01/2011
Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.
Quote 1124by Anonymous on 10/01/2011
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
Quote 1277by Anonymous on 11/01/2011
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Quote 1325by Anonymous on 12/01/2011
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Quote 1431by Anonymous on 13/01/2011
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
Quote 1450by Anonymous on 13/01/2011
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
Quote 1882by Anonymous on 18/01/2011
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
Quote 1912by Anonymous on 19/01/2011
Life is just one damned thing after another.
Quote 1973by Anonymous on 19/01/2011
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work.
Quote 2118by Anonymous on 22/01/2011
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Quote 2126by Anonymous on 22/01/2011
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it; so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
Quote 2433by Anonymous on 29/01/2011
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
Quote 2551by Anonymous on 02/02/2011
Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.
Quote 2848by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
Quote 3423by Anonymous on 06/02/2011
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Quote 3593by Anonymous on 07/02/2011
Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Quote 3630by Anonymous on 08/02/2011
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
Quote 3650by Anonymous on 08/02/2011
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
Quote 3682by Anonymous on 09/02/2011
Everything comes too late for those who only wait.
Quote 4000by Anonymous on 12/02/2011
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Quote 4118by Anonymous on 15/02/2011
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them; power to the man who knows how.
Quote 4130by Anonymous on 15/02/2011
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Quote 4218by Anonymous on 18/02/2011
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
Quote 4219by Anonymous on 18/02/2011
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.
Quote 4250by Anonymous on 18/02/2011
If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?
Quote 4252by Anonymous on 18/02/2011
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Quote 4275by Anonymous on 18/02/2011
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
Quote 4505by Anonymous on 22/02/2011
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Quote 4572by Anonymous on 23/02/2011
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Quote 4664by Anonymous on 25/02/2011
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
Quote 8784by Anonymous on 27/05/2012
Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
Quote 9117by Anonymous on 19/06/2012
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Quote 9448by Anonymous on 31/07/2012
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?
Quote 9976by Anonymous on 07/09/2012
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
Quote 10037by Anonymous on 09/09/2012
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
Quote 10681by Anonymous on 19/10/2012
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
Quote 10961by Anonymous on 12/11/2012
Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together.
Quote 11403by Anonymous on 27/12/2012
Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Quote 13064by Anonymous on 18/06/2013
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Quote 13539by Anonymous on 02/08/2013
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do.
Quote 13814by Anonymous on 05/09/2013
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
