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Elbert Hubbard was a prominent writer, publisher, and philosopher. He is best known for his magazine 'The Roycroft Studio' and his autobiography 'My Life and Work'. Hubbard's works emphasized the importance of craftsmanship, simple living, and self-improvement.

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Famous Elbert Hubbard Quotes

“I believe that the best way to prepare for a Future Life is to be kind, live one day at a time, and do the work you can do best, doing it as well as you can.”

Way Believe Wells Kind Life Is I Believe Can Do Work One Day Best Way Be Kind One Day At A Time Future Life Living One Day At A Time

Book:A Message to Garcia

Source: A Message to Garcia

“I am not sure just what the unpardonable sin is, but I believe it is a disposition to evade the payment of small bills.”

Believe I Believe Sin Bills Not Sure Disposition Payment

Book:A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard

Source: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard

“Dogma is a lie reiterated and authoritatively injected into the mind of one or more persons who believe that they believe what someone else believes.”

Mind Believe Persons Lying Atheism Positive Atheism Dogma

Author:Elbert Hubbard

“I believe in salvation through economic, social, and spiritual freedom.”

Believe Spiritual I Believe Social Economic Salvation I Believe In Spiritual Freedom

Book:A Message to Garcia

Source: A Message to Garcia

“I believe in the Motherhood of God.”

Believe I Believe I Believe In Motherhood

Book:A Message to Garcia

Source: A Message to Garcia

“I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.”

Believe May Light I Believe Add Creeds

Book:A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things: As Written

Source: A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things: As Written

“I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.”

Way Believe Heart I Believe Heaven Kingdoms Kingdom Of Heaven

Book:The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard

Source: The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard

“The average man believes a thing first, and then searches for proof to bolster his opinion”

Men Firsts Believe Opinion Average Proof Average Man

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“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”

“I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.”

Thinking Believe Heart Hands Beautiful I Believe Sleep Brain Air Calm I Believe In Sunshine Fresh Air Beautiful Thoughts

Author:Elbert Hubbard

“When you once attribute effects to the will of a personal God, you have let in a lot of little gods and evils - then sprites, fairies, dryads, naiads, witches, ghosts and goblins, for your imagination is reeling, riotous, drunk, afloat on the flotsam of superstition. What you know then doesn't count. You just believe, and the more your believe the more do you plume yourself that fear and faith are superior to science and seeing.”

Knows Believe Littles Religion Evil Imagination Seeing Atheism Effects Ghost Superiors Drunk Fairy Witch Attributes Superstitions Just Believe Goblin Flotsam Fear And Faith

Author:Elbert Hubbard

“Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.”

Believe Religion Faith Common Effort Atheism Common Sense

Author:Elbert Hubbard

“I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW.”

Men Believe I Believe Kindness Honest Ready Right Now Competition I Believe In Every Man Generosity Cheer Courtesy Lost Friendship Lost Friend Good Cheer

Book:Elbert Hubbard Speaks: Being a Selection of Inspirational Essays, Each Written in the White Heat of Inspired Heart Impulses

Source: Elbert Hubbard Speaks: Being a Selection of Inspirational Essays, Each Written in the White Heat of Inspired Heart Impulses

“Fear clogs; Faith liberates.”

Inspirational Believe Faith Literature Belief Fear Freedom Liberty Philosopher Have Faith Publishers Liberating Keep The Faith Keep Believing

Book:Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work

Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work

“I believe the Universe is planned for good.”

Believe Universe I Believe

Author:Elbert Hubbard