An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of...#Samuel Smiles
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will...#Samuel Smiles
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in...#Samuel Smiles
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas...#Samuel Smiles
