Mere political reform will not cure the manifold evils which now afflict society. There requires a social reform, a domestic reform, an individual reform.
SAMUEL SMILESAlthough genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.
More Samuel Smiles Quotes
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Those who aren’t making mistakes probably aren’t making anything.
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To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.
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Success 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.
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The duty of helping one’s self in the highest sense involves the helping of one’s neighbors.
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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.
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Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.
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The most influential of all the virtues are those which are the most in request for daily use. They wear the best, and last the longest.
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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.
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Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.
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Obedience, submission, discipline, courage–these are among the characteristics which make a man.
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The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.
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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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Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.
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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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Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.
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