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.
Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them. Elbert Hubbard
Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.
I have no perfect panacea for human ills. And even if I had I would not attempt to present a system of philosophy between the soup and fish, Elbert Hubbard
I have no perfect panacea for human ills. And even if I had I would not attempt to present a system of philosophy between the soup and fish,
I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me. Elbert Hubbard
I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.
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.
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. Elbert Hubbard
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.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is. Elbert Hubbard
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
A genius is a man who takes the lemons that Fate hands him and starts a lemonade stand with them. Elbert Hubbard
A genius is a man who takes the lemons that Fate hands him and starts a lemonade stand with them.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. Elbert Hubbard
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand. Elbert Hubbard
He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand.
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.
Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. Elbert Hubbard
Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.
It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get. Elbert Hubbard
It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.