One might almost fear," writes a thoughtful woman, "seeing how the women of to-day are lightly stirred up to run after some… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
“Whilst writing all this, I have had in my mind a woman, whose strong and serious mind would not have failed to… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
So much does the moral health depend upon the moral atmosphere that is breathed, and so great is the influence daily exercised… — 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
![“Whilst writing all this, I have had in my mind a woman, whose strong and serious mind would not have failed to support me in these contentions. I lost her thirty years ago [I was a child then]--nevertheless, ever living in my memory, she follows me from age to age. She suffered with me in my…” quote by Samuel Smiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3dc/samuel-smiles-2037_life-lessons_whilst-writing-all-this-i-have-had-in-my_2508705.jpg)
