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

Quote by Samuel Smiles

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It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are...

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

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...

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst...

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst...

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!...

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...

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...

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of...

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of...

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

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

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

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;...

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...

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...

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;...

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves...

Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves...

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

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