Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

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

To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.
The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. That is part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure continously without resentment.
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?
Live truth instead of professing it.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill their.s
Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do.
Men are punished by their sins, not for them.
The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.
I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
Death: To stop sinning suddenly.
The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.
Editor: a person employed on a newspaper whose business it is to seperate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join.
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

Character, Morality
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Wisdom