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Often Quotes by Samuel Smiles
- "Where there is a will there is a way" is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution…
- Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.
- 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 true…
- An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
- The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established…
- We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably…
- The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the…
- We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
- The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning; whereas, the experience gained from actual life is of the…
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