Done Quotes by Samuel Smiles

8 Done quotes by Samuel Smiles

Smiles’ short thoughts on getting things done echo his classic, self‑help voice. Though few, the quotes inspire a practical approach to finishing tasks.

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Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no…

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The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have…

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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

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Though an inheritance of acres may be bequeathed, an inheritance of knowledge and wisdom cannot. The wealthy man may pay others for…

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Success treads on the heels of every right effort; and though it is possible to overestimate success to the extent of almost…

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When typhus or cholera breaks out, they tell us that Nobody is to blame. That terrible Nobody! How much he has to…

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Whatever is done for men takes away from the stimulus and necessity of doing things for themselves. The value of legislative as…

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Commit a child to the care of a worthless, ignorant woman, and no culture in after-life will remedy the evil you have…

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The women of the poorer classes make sacrifices, and run risks, and bear privations, and exercise patience and kindness to a degree that the…

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Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.

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The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning; whereas, the experience gained from actual life is of…

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

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The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the…

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The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

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Those who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful.

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The iron rail proved a magicians' road. It virtually reduced England to a sixth of its size. It brought the country nearer to the…

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

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Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

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The life of a good man is at the same time the most eloquent lesson of virtue and the most severe reproof of vice.

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It is a grand old name, that of gentleman, and has been recognized as a rank and power in all stages of society. To…

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“Many are the lives of men unwritten, which have nevertheless as powerfully influenced civilization and progress as the more fortunate Great whose names are…

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