Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

About Elbert Hubbard:

Elbert Green Hubbard is known best as the initiator of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, a realization of the Arts and Crafts philosophy. 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 his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania, when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915.
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So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

Elbert Hubbard

We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.

Elbert Hubbard

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Elbert Hubbard

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

Elbert Hubbard

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

Elbert Hubbard

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.

Elbert Hubbard

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.

Elbert Hubbard

Sunday, with its immunity from work, was devised for slaves who got out of all the work they could during the week.

Elbert Hubbard

Young women with ambitions should be very crafty and cautious, lest mayhap they be caught in the soft, silken mesh of a happy marriage, and go down to oblivion, dead to the world.

Elbert Hubbard

Men are punished by their sins, not for them.

Elbert Hubbard

Life is just one damned thing after another.

Elbert Hubbard

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

Elbert Hubbard

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Elbert Hubbard

If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. ( , 1928)

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There is no failure except in no longer trying.

Elbert Hubbard

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

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The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Elbert Hubbard

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

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Responsibility is the price of freedom.

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Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

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Author Bio

  • NameElbert Hubbard
  • DescriptionAmerican writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher
  • AliasesElbert Hubbard
  • BornJune 19, 1856
  • DiedMay 7, 1915
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Journalist; Philosopher; Publisher