Literary Birthday – 19 June – Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard was born on 19 June 1856 and died on 7 May 1915.
Elbert Hubbard Quotes
- If I supply you a thought you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought for yourself, I have indeed added to your stature.
- This will never be a civilised country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
- A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
- Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
- Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
- War is the sure result of the existence of armed men. That country which maintains a large standing army will sooner or later have a war.
- He who influences the thought of his times influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity.
- He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
- Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
- The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Elbert Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Among Hubbard’s many publications were the fourteen-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short publication A Message to Garcia. Hubbard also published The Philistine, an avant-garde magazine, which he ultimately wrote single-handedly.
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