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Riches do not constitute any ...

Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Even happiness itself may bec...

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side. Dr. Johnson has said that the habit of looking at the best side of a thing is worth more to a man than a thousand pounds a year. And we possess the power, to a great extent, of so exercising the will as to direct the thoughts upon objects calculated to yield happiness and improvement rather than their opposites.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

All work and no play makes Ja...

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Childhood is like a mirror, w...

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in afterlife the images first presented to it. The first thing continues forever with the child. The first joy, the first sorrow, the first success, the first failure, the first achievement, the first misadventure, paint the foreground of his life.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Men cannot be raised in masse...

Men cannot be raised in masses as the mountains were in he early geological states of the world. They must be dealt with as units; for it is only by the elevation of individuals that the elevation of the masses can be effectively secured.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Purposes, like eggs, unless t...

Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

All life is a struggle.... Un...

All life is a struggle.... Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert himself, he must fall behind. If he do not work, neither shall he eat.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Obedience, submission, discip...

Obedience, submission, discipline, courage--these are among the characteristics which make a man.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

The great and good do no die ...

The great and good do no die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

The best school of discipline...

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 202 quotes

Marriage like government is a...

Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Childhood is like a mirror, w...

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Hope is like the sun, which, ...

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. ...Hope sweetens the memory of experiences well loved. It tempers our troubles to our growth and our strength. It befriends us in the dark hours, excites us in bright ones. It lends promise to the future and purpose to the past. It turns discouragement to determination. Samuel Smiles

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"Where there is a will there ...

"Where there is a will there is a way" is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it and secures its achievement. To think we are able is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Self-respect is the noblest g...

Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

The great lesson of biography...

The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

It is possible that the scrup...

It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest: better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune. . . .

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

For want of self-restraint ma...

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Men whose acts are at varianc...

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Good character is property. I...

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

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