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

— Elbert Hubbard

Teacher

“The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Failure

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Failure

“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Positive

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

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

— Elbert Hubbard

God

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Freedom

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Knowledge

“We are punished by our sins, not for them.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Religion

“Art is not a thing it is a way.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Art

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

— Elbert Hubbard

God

“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

“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

Love

“Men are only as great as they are kind.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Great

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Home

“Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Morning

“He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Success

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Experience

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

— Elbert Hubbard

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