The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
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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Self-control is only courage under another form.
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Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
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Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.
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The cheapest of all things is kindness, its exercise requiring the least possible trouble and self-sacrifice. Win hearts, said Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth, and you have all men’s hearts and purses.
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It is energy – the central element of which is will – that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action.
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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.
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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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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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Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.
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Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.
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Woman is the heart of humanity, its grace, ornament, and solace.
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The truest politeness comes of sincerity.
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Mere political reform will not cure the manifold evils which now afflict society. There requires a social reform, a domestic reform, an individual reform.
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He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
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The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.
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