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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.

“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

All Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

“Life is just one damned thing after another.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Money

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Teacher

“Live truth instead of professing it.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Truth

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

— Elbert Hubbard

God

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Failure

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Experience

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Happiness

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Death

“Art is not a thing it is a way.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Art

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Failure

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Motivational

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Freedom

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Science

“Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Art

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Religion

“Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Alone

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship