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Samuel Smiles Quotes
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Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
There are many counterfeits of character, but the genuine article is difficult to be mistaken (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Character is itself a fortune (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
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 (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
The most influential of all the virtues are those which are the most in request for daily use. They wear the best, and last the longest (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Success treads on the heels of every right effort; and though it is possible to overestimate success to the extent of almost deifying it, as is sometimes done, still in any worthy pursuit it is meritorious (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
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 Smiles Quotes)
The life of a good man is at the same time the most eloquent lesson of virtue and the most severe reproof of vice (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
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 (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Opportunities... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
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 (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Time is of no account with great thoughts. They are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
Those who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
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 (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest: better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
The government of a nation itself is usually found to be but the reflux of the individuals composing it. The government that is ahead of the people will be inevitably dragged down to their level, as the government that is behind them will in the long run be dragged up (Samuel Smiles Quotes)