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Samuel Smiles
- The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.... Samuel Smiles {view}
- 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 {view}
- Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing... they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.... Samuel Smiles {view}
- The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.... Samuel Smiles {view}
- 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 {view}
- We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.... Samuel Smiles {view}
- Hope...is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.... Samuel Smiles {view}
- The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.... Samuel Smiles {view}