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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.

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship

All Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

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

— Elbert Hubbard

God

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship

“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Positive

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Religion

“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

“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

“We work to become, not to acquire.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Work

“Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Attitude

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Teacher

“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 object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Teacher

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Home

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

— Elbert Hubbard

God

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Forgiveness

“Life is just one damned thing after another.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

“Fear clogs faith liberates.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Faith

“The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Science

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Love

“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

“The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Happiness