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Necessity is always the first ...

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 202 quotes

It is not eminent talent that ...

It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the power to achieve, but the will to labour energetically and perseveringly. Hence energy of will may be defined to be the very central power of character in a man-in a word, it is the Man himself.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

This extraordinary metal, the ...

This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

He who labours not, cannot enj...

He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Work is one of the best educat...

Work is one of the best educators of practical character.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Labour may be a burden and a c...

Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Hope is like the sun, which, a...

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

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Cecil's dispatch of business w...

Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, 'The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.'

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

It's not enough to have a drea...

It's not enough to have a dream, Unless you're willing to pursue it. It's not enough to know what's right, Unless you're strong enough to do it. It's not enough to learn the truth, Unless you also learn to live it. It's not enough to reach for love, Unless you care enough to give it Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Time is of no account with gre...

Time is of no account with great thoughts. They are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author's minds, ages ago.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Persons with comparatively mod...

Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

The great high-road of human w...

The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast, well-doing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful; success treads on the heels of every right effort.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

The great and good do no die e...

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

Biographies of great, but espe...

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.

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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.

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Cheerfulness is also an excell...

Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

A fig-tree looking on a fig-tr...

A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful,' says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Childhood is like a mirror, wh...

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

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Good sense, disciplined by exp...

Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

Conscience is that peculiar fa...

Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.

Samuel Smiles 202 quotes

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