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.
SAMUEL SMILESLife is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.
More Samuel Smiles Quotes
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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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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.
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Make good thy standing place, and move the world.
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To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.
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Hope… is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
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It is observed at sea that men are never so much disposed to grumble and mutiny as when least employed. Hence an old captain, when there was nothing else to do, would issue the order to “scour the anchor.
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Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow.
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Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
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Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation.
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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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Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.
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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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Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
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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.
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The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity.
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