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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It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

Elbert Hubbard

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

Elbert Hubbard

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

Elbert Hubbard

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

Elbert Hubbard

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Elbert Hubbard

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

Elbert Hubbard

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

Elbert Hubbard

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Elbert Hubbard

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

Elbert Hubbard

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

Elbert Hubbard

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

Elbert Hubbard

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Elbert Hubbard

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Elbert Hubbard

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Elbert Hubbard

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

Elbert Hubbard

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Elbert Hubbard

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Elbert Hubbard

The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.

Elbert Hubbard

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

Elbert Hubbard

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

Elbert Hubbard

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

Elbert Hubbard

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