Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
SAMUEL SMILESMan cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
More Samuel Smiles Quotes
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Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.
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Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.
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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 reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
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Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.
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Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.
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Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
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There are many counterfeits of character, but the genuine article is difficult to be mistaken.
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Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
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Alexander the Great valued learning so highly, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge than to his father Philip for life.
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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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Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men.
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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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