Famous Quotes / Samuel Smiles
31 Quotations by Samuel Smiles
- 21. The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
- 22. The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps t ...
- 23. The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.
- 24. The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas th ...
- 25. The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
- 26. The very greatest things -- great thoughts, discoveries, inventions -- have usually been nurtured in ...
- 27. The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
- 28. The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and ...
- 29. They who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successfu ...
- 30. We learn from failure much more than from success; we often discover what we will do by finding our ...
- 31. Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road ...