The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.
SAMUEL SMILESCecil’s dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, “The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.”
More Samuel Smiles Quotes
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Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
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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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Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.
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Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.
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Self-control is only courage under another form.
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Opportunities fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.
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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
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Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
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There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.
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Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.
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Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
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It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.
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For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.
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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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