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Success Quotes by Samuel Smiles
- It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have…
- 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…
- It is not ease, but effort-not facility, but difficulty, makes men. There is, perhaps, no station in life in which difficulties have not to be…
- It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of…
- It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit in…
- The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast, well-doing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the…
- The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If…
- 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…
- Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
- Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life…
- Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.
More Success Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
- I love recording music. — J. J. Abrams
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it. — Richard Bach
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
- Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to… — Karen Armstrong
- Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying… — Karen Armstrong
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash