The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Quote by Samuel Smiles

Topics: Samuel Smiles Quotes

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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.

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.

It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the...

It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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

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

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction...

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...

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

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

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

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

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

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...

I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems...

I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems...