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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.

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Good

All Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

“We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Attitude

“Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship

“The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Love

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

— Elbert Hubbard

God

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Experience

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Morning

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Money

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Knowledge

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Science

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship

“Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Success

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

— Elbert Hubbard

God

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Wisdom

“Art is not a thing it is a way.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Art

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Teacher

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Death

“Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Fear

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Teacher

“Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Death

“Fear clogs faith liberates.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Faith