elbert hubbard made the quote when life gives you lemons.
who made the quote when life gives you lemons?
elbert hubbard
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade





















































when life gives you lemons, make lemonade is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune. lemons suggest sourness or difficulty in life; making lemonade is turning them into something positive or desirable.





















































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the phrase was initially coined by christian anarchist writer elbert hubbard in a 1915 obituary he penned and published for dwarf actor marshall pinckney wilder. the obituary, entitled "the king of jesters", praises wilder's optimistic attitude and achievements in the face of his disabilities:
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade
the video game "portal 2" includes a joke about a character getting angry at the proverbial phrase: "when life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. make life take the lemons back! get mad! i don't want your damn lemons, what the hell am i supposed to do with these? demand to see life's manager! make life rue the day it thought it could give cave johnson lemons! do you know who i am? i'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! with the lemons! i'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade