Quotes by Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard

American writer and publisher

Lived from: 1856 - 1915

Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 19 june 1856 Died: 7 may 1915

  • Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.
  • Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.
  • If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.
  • Grammar is the grave of letters.
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  • Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.
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  • Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.
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  • A man who marries a woman to educate her falls a victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.
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  • A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
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  • It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
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  • A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
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  • A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
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  • A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
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  • A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
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  • A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
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  • A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
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  • A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who ''lives well.''
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  • Allow motion to equal emotion.
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  • An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
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  • An executive is a man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right.
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  • Art is not a thing; it is a way.
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  • Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
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  • Blessed is that man who has found his work.
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  • Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
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  • Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.
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What are the most famous quotes from Elbert Hubbard?

The two most famous quotes from Elbert Hubbard are:

  • "Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life."
  • "Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail."

When did Elbert Hubbard live?

Elbert Hubbard was born in 1856 and died in the year 1915.