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 SMILESSuccess treads on the heels of every right effort; and though it is possible to overestimate success to the extent of almost deifying it, as is sometimes done, still in any worthy pursuit it is meritorious.
More Samuel Smiles Quotes
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For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.
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The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.
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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.
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Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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Energy enables a man to force his way through irksome drudgery and dry details and caries him onward and upward to every station in life.
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Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.
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Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.
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Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
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Enthusiasm, the sustaining power of all great action.
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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.
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Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.
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Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.
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Character is itself a fortune.
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The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.
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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.
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