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.
SAMUEL SMILESThis extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.
More Samuel Smiles Quotes
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Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
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Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.
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Make good thy standing place, and move the world.
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With will one can do anything.
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The noble people will be nobly ruled, and the ignorant and corrupt ignobly.
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The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
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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.
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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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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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Obedience, submission, discipline, courage–these are among the characteristics which make a man.
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It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
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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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Cecil’s dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, “The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.”
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Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
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