Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Green Hubbard was born on June 19, 1856 in Bloomington, Illinois. He was an American artist, publisher, essayist, novelist, biographer and philosopher. His parents were Silas Hubbard, and Juliana Frances Read. He spent his childhood in Hudson. And there he started his first business venture to sell Larkin soap products. This career landed him to Buffalo, New York.
In 1895, he grew his private press, Roycroft Press, and founded Roycroft, which was an arts and crafts Read More...
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.- Elbert Hubbard
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
We work to become, not to acquire.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
We are not punished for our sins, but by them.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
There is no failure except in no longer trying.
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.
The thing we fear we bring to pass.
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.
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.
