If you want work well done, select a busy man.

Elbert Hubbard

More information about this quote

Topic

Busyness

Author

Elbert Hubbard

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Artist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hubbard, Elbert. The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard. Roycrofters, 1916.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Elbert Hubbard about busyness: “If you want work well done, select a busy man.”
Download
A quote by Elbert Hubbard about busyness: “If you want work well done, select a busy man.”
Download
A quote by Elbert Hubbard about busyness: “If you want work well done, select a busy man.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1910s

The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist.

Fernando Pessoa

More information about this quote
Topic
God and man Fate vs. free will Free will

Author

Fernando Pessoa
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Portuguese
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Pessoa, Fernando (published as Ricardo Reis). "So esta liberdade nos concedem [The only freedom the gods grant us]." Odes. Edições Ática, 1952.

Another quote from 1916

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ––
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken

Read The Road Not Taken at Poetry Foundation
More information about this quote
Topic
Taking a different path Following the crowd

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Road Not Taken
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Mountain Interval. Henry Holt, 1916, st. 4, I. 3.

Current Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995, st. 4, I. 3.