Elbert Green Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company.
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher. Elbert Hubbard
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.
Never explain-your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. Elbert Hubbard
Never explain-your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you Elbert Hubbard
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you. Elbert Hubbard
Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber. Elbert Hubbard
Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience. Elbert Hubbard
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. Elbert Hubbard
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Genius is often only the power of making continuous efforts. Elbert Hubbard
Genius is often only the power of making continuous efforts.
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do. Elbert Hubbard
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually afraid you will make one. Elbert Hubbard
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually afraid you will make one.
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run. Elbert Hubbard
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess. Elbert Hubbard
We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess.