Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Green Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Quotes
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
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If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
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The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.
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A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same.
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God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.
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Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
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If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.
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Folks who never do more than their paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually afraid you will make one.
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Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
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If you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive.
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A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.