Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.
SAMUEL SMILESStothard learned the art of combining colors by closely studying butterflies wings; he would often say that no one knew what he owed to these tiny insects. A burnt stick and a barn door served Wilkie in lieu of pencil and canvas.
More Samuel Smiles Quotes
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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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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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Although 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.
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Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
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The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
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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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Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.
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To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.
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The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
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The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast, well-doing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful; success treads on the heels of every right effort.
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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 will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
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Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow.
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Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.
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