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May Quotes by Samuel Smiles
- Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it;…
- It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be…
- It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the power to achieve, but the…
- For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making, and rendering success impossible by their…
- Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark…
- There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character, and yet they…
- All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome…
- Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.
- Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.
More May Quotes
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- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong