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Money Quotes by Samuel Smiles

8 Money quotes by Samuel Smiles

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Samuel Smiles never shied away from weighing in on wealth. In this short set, his pragmatic voice cuts to the chase, giving you a quick taste of how he linked financial matters to character and effort. It’s a modest glimpse, but each line carries his signature optimism.

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It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the…

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The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity.

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Nothing is more common than energy in money-making, quite independent of any higher object than its accumulation. A man who devotes himself…

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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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Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as…

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He who recognizes no higher logic than that of the shilling may become a very rich man, and yet remain all the…

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“Riches and rank have no necessary connection with genuine gentlemanly qualities. The poor man with rich spirit is in all ways superior…

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Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.

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Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.

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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 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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