Elbert Hubbard

Writer, Publisher

Elbert Hubbard was an American writer and philosopher known for his influential essays and the founding of the Roycroft artisan community.

Born
June 19, 1856
Died
May 7, 1915
Quotes
450
Rank
#356

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"Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation."

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"To supply a thought is mental massage; but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised."

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"It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious."

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"Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true."

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"No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one."

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"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."

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"I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage."

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"A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run."

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"Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace."

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"I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up"

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"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."

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"Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it."

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"Men who marry for gratification, propagation or the matter of buttons or socks, must expect to cope with and deal in a certain amount of quibble, subterfuge, concealments, and double, deep-dyed prevarication."

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"Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious, but who understands the non-existent."

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