Fortune has often been blamed for her blindness; but fortune is not so blind as men are. Those who look into practical life will find that fortune is usually on the side of the industrious, as the winds and waves are on the side of the best navigators.
SAMUEL SMILESThe Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves.
More Samuel Smiles Quotes
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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.
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Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.
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Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
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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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Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
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Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.
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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 reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
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Cecil’s dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, “The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.”
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Biographies of great, but especially of good men are most instructive and useful as helps, guides, and incentives to others. Some of the best are almost equivalent to gospels,–teaching high living ,high thinking, and energetic action, for their own and, the world’s good.
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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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The noble people will be nobly ruled, and the ignorant and corrupt ignobly.
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Woman is the heart of humanity, its grace, ornament, and solace.
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Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.
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