Author: Samuel Smiles

Quotes

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.

- Samuel Smiles

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

- Samuel Smiles

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.

- Samuel Smiles

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

- Samuel Smiles

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

- Samuel Smiles

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

- Samuel Smiles

It is idleness that is the curse of man - not labour. Idleness eats the heart out of men as of nations, and consumes them as rust does iron.

It is idleness that is the curse of man - not labour. Idleness eats the heart out of men as of nations, and consumes them as rust does iron.

- Samuel Smiles

The best-regulated home is always that in which the discipline is the most perfect, and yet where it is the least felt. Moral discipline acts with the force of a law of nature.

The best-regulated home is always that in which the discipline is the most perfect, and yet where it is the least felt. Moral discipline acts with the force of a law of nature.

- Samuel Smiles

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.

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

Similar Authors: