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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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“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Love

“Life is just one damned thing after another.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Forgiveness

“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

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Success

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Love

“Live truth instead of professing it.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Truth

“Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Great

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Great

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Success

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Religion

“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

“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

“Fear clogs faith liberates.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Faith

“Art is not a thing it is a way.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Art

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

— Elbert Hubbard

God

“We work to become, not to acquire.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Work

“Life in abundance comes only through great love.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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