Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors’ minds ages ago.
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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Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse–either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other.
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Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.
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The greatest slave is not he who is ruled by a despot, great though that evil be, but he who is in the thrall of his own moral ignorance, selfishness, and vice.
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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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The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.
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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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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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Any number of depraved units cannot form a great nation.
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Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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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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Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation.
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Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.
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Those who aren’t making mistakes probably aren’t making anything.
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Commit a child to the care of a worthless, ignorant woman, and no culture in after-life will remedy the evil you have done.
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Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.
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