Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine; but lost time is gone forever

Quote by Samuel Smiles

Topics: Health Quotes, Knowledge Quotes, Time Quotes

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is...

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is...

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of...

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of...

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed...

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed...

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough;...

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough;...

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed...

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed...

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without...

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without...

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes...

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes...

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning;...

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning;...

We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably...

We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably...

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.

Enthusiasm...the sustaining power of all great action.

Enthusiasm...the sustaining power of all great action.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act!...

You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act!...

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once;...

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once;...

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's...

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's...

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once;...

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once;...

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will...

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will...

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.