Elbert Hubbard

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

Elbert Hubbard

The newspapers print what the people want, and thus does the savage still swing his club and flourish his spear.

Elbert Hubbard

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

Elbert Hubbard

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

Elbert Hubbard

The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel.

Elbert Hubbard

The product of the head, heart and hand is a thing to be loved.

Elbert Hubbard

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed – it is a process of elimination.

Elbert Hubbard

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

Elbert Hubbard

There is a joy in going without things, a fine tang in eliminating the superfluous.

Elbert Hubbard

There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.

Elbert Hubbard