Quotes by Samuel Smiles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in...

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