Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard Quotes and Sayings


Elbert Hubbard US author (1856 - 1915)

An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. ~Elbert Hubbard

Life is just one damned thing after another. ~Elbert Hubbard

To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom. ~Elbert Hubbard

Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed. ~Elbert Hubbard

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ~Elbert Hubbard

Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. ~Elbert Hubbard

If you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive. ~Elbert Hubbard

A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour. ~Elbert Hubbard

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. ~Elbert Hubbard

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. ~Elbert Hubbard

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is. ~Elbert Hubbard