Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Though an inheritance of acres may be bequeathed, an inheritance of knowledge and wisdom cannot. The wealthy man may pay others for… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Success treads on the heels of every right effort; and though it is possible to overestimate success to the extent of almost… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
When typhus or cholera breaks out, they tell us that Nobody is to blame. That terrible Nobody! How much he has to… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Whatever is done for men takes away from the stimulus and necessity of doing things for themselves. The value of legislative as… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Commit a child to the care of a worthless, ignorant woman, and no culture in after-life will remedy the evil you have… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Biographies of great, but especially of good men are most instructive and useful as helps, guides, and incentives to others. Some of the best… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The women of the poorer classes make sacrifices, and run risks, and bear privations, and exercise patience and kindness to a degree that the… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning; whereas, the experience gained from actual life is of… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
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… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Those who are the most persistent, and work in the true spirit, will invariably be the most successful. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The iron rail proved a magicians' road. It virtually reduced England to a sixth of its size. It brought the country nearer to the… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
