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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.

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Great

All Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Failure

“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

“Responsibility is the price of freedom.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Freedom

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Life

“Never get married in college it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Marriage

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Love

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Love

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Good

“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

“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

“Live truth instead of professing it.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Truth

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Forgiveness

“Fear clogs faith liberates.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Faith

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Failure

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Friendship

“The thing we fear we bring to pass.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Fear

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

— Elbert Hubbard

God