Quotes by : Samuel Smiles

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to....

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act;Sow an act, and you reap a habit;Sow a habit, and you reap a character;Sow....

Politeness goes far yet costs nothing.

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

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship,....

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road....

I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.....

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding....