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Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us."

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them."

The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them.




Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles."

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Where there is a will there is a way."

Where there is a will there is a way.




Samuel Smiles Quotes: "National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice."

National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast welldoing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful."

The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast welldoing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it."

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.




Samuel Smiles Quotes: "It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done."

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober."

No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty."

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired."

Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted."

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.




Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions."

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step."

Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Obedience, submission, discipline, courage--these are among the characteristics which make a man."

Obedience, submission, discipline, courage--these are among the characteristics which make a man.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient."

Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Character is itself a fortune."

Character is itself a fortune.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it."

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence."

Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness."

Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Luck whines; labor whistles."

Luck whines; labor whistles.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "With will one can do anything."

With will one can do anything.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The great and good do no die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens."

The great and good do no die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application."

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery."

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted."

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action"

Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character, and yet they stand as firmly upon it as any crowned king."

There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character, and yet they stand as firmly upon it as any crowned king.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character."

Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable."

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life."

It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual."

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve."

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches."

Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them."

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished."

Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The greatest slave is not he who is ruled by a despot, great though that evil be, but he who is in the thrall of his own moral ignorance, selfishness, and vice."

The greatest slave is not he who is ruled by a despot, great though that evil be, but he who is in the thrall of his own moral ignorance, selfishness, and vice.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck."

Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Alexander the Great valued learning so highly, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge than to his father Philip for life."

Alexander the Great valued learning so highly, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge than to his father Philip for life.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Manners are the ornament of action."

Manners are the ornament of action.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The tiniest bits of opinion sown in the minds of children in private life afterwards issue forth to the world, and become its public opinion; for nations are gathered out of nurseries."

The tiniest bits of opinion sown in the minds of children in private life afterwards issue forth to the world, and become its public opinion; for nations are gathered out of nurseries.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Those who aren't making mistakes probably aren't making anything."

Those who aren't making mistakes probably aren't making anything.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow"

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse."

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great."

Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up."

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.



Samuel Smiles Quotes: "The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom."

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.