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Enthusiasm..the sustaining pow...

Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

It is energy - the central ele...

It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Politeness goes far, yet costs...

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Commonplace though it may appe...

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 is not heroic.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

National progress is the sum o...

National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Character is itself a fortune....

Character is itself a fortune.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Labor is still, and ever will ...

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

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

It is possible that the scrupu...

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

One might almost fear,' write...

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 202 quotes

Although genius always command...

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 202 quotes

Diligence, above all, is the m...

Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Experience serves to prove tha...

Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than upon the character of its men; for the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal, improvement.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Opportunities ... fall in the ...

Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

It is the close observation of...

It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit in life. Human knowledge is but an accumulation of small facts made by successive generations of men--the little bits of knowledge and experience carefully treasured up by them growing at length into a mighty pyramid.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Necessity, oftener than facili...

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 202 quotes

All that is great in man comes...

All that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

It is observed at sea that men...

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 202 quotes

To set a lofty example is the ...

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

There are many persons of whom...

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 202 quotes

All experiences of life seems ...

All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

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