Elbert Hubbard Quotes

My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

If He put tribulation before you and said He will give you patience by giving you a little trouble along the way, wouldn't you take a little trouble? You say, 'Lord, I want all my highways paved.' the Lord says, 'I'm sorry, I can't accommodate you. I'm going to let you run over some bumps occasionally, so you will have patience.' You do not like the bumps, but you like the patience, and if you want the patience, you will have to take the bumps. And what is patience but experience?

No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God . . . and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven.

I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because he has brought me through so much.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.

Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.

We might experience bad things in our lives. But if we worship a God who suffered more than us, this is our highest example. And there are lots of challenges in our lives. This does not mean we give up.

Make God first priority. He's worth it!

The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.

Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life, hour by hour, must be filled with the love of God and love for others. There is no surprise in that, since the Lord proclaimed those as the first and great commandments.

God, he deals you blows that at sometimes you think you can't handle and in the last year there have been things that we thought we couldn't handle but we've dealt with it up until this point.

Faith in God... produces character; character will produce courage, courage to face the challenges of the day.

Love God; love others; do your best in all you do, even if you fall short!

If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.

I'm most proud of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, in my life. He's given me the vision to truly see that you can fall down, but you can still get back up. Hopefully I'll learn from my mistakes and have the opportunity to strengthen and improve the next thing I do.

I know it's an experience that I need to have if God's putting me through it.

It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

I always live my life for God.

There are many trials in life which do not seem to come from unwisdom or folly; they are silver arrows shot from the bow of God, and fixed inextricably in the quivering heart - they are meant to be borne - they were not meant, like snow or water, to melt as soon as they strike; but the moment an ill can be patiently borne it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.