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Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher who founded the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York. His essay *A Message to Garcia* became one of the most widely distributed publications in history. Hubbard's aphorisms on work, success, and character remain widely quoted.

“Art is not a thing it is a way.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Art

All Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

“The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship

“Life is just one damned thing after another.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Patience

“This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Money

“Love, we say, is life but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Death

“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

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

“Fear clogs faith liberates.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Faith

“Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Motivational

“The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Home

“Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Failure

“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Failure

“A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Good

“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Positive

“A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Good

“Art is not a thing it is a way.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Art

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Experience

“Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Forgiveness

“The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Teacher

“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship