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Samuel Smiles Quotes

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The path of success in business is invariably the path of common-sense. Nothwithstanding all that is said about lucky hits, the best kind of success in every man's life is not that which comes by accident. The only good time coming we are justified in hoping for is that which we are capable of making for ourselves  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies - the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it; but the common lot of men as not heroic  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character, and yet they stand as firmly upon it as any crowned king  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) One might almost fear, writes a thoughtful woman, seeing how the women of to-day are lightly stirred up to run after some new fashion or faith, that heaven is not so near to them as it was to their mothers and grandmothers  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) His qualities depend, not upon fashion or manners, but upon moral worth; not on personal possessions, but on personal qualities. The Psalmist briefly describes him as one that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the women, who have done the most courageous deeds  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) The government of a nation itself is usually found to be but the reflex of the individuals composing it. The government that is head of the people will be inevitably dragged down to their level, as the government that is behind them will in the long run be dragged up  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to-day as when they first passed through their author's minds, ages ago  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing, the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to its full growth; and certainly the worst form this quality can assume is that of opinionativeness and arrogance  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) There is a Russian proverb which says that misfortune is nest door to stupidity; and it will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, improvidence, or want of application  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Biographies of great, but especially of good men are most instructive and useful as helps, guides, and incentives to others. Some of the best are almost equivalent to gospels, teaching high living,high thinking, and energetic action, for their own and, the world's good  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) It is observed at sea that men are never so much disposed to grumble and mutiny as when least employed. Hence an old captain, when there was nothing else to do, would issue the order to scour the anchor  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) It is energy, the central element of which is will, that produces the miracles of enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is the main-spring of what is called force of character, and the sustaining power of all great action  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive, and leave an indelible stamp upon his race  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Liberty is quite as much a moral as a political growth, the result of free individual action, energy, and independence  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Luck whines; labor whistles  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Woman is the heart of humanity... its grace, ornament, and solace  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) Any number of depraved units cannot form a great nation  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) If character be irrecoverably lost, then indeed there will be nothing left worth saving  (Samuel Smiles Quotes) The noble people will be nobly ruled, and the ignorant and corrupt ignobly  (Samuel Smiles Quotes)
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