Advantage Quote by Samuel Smiles

“Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.” quote by Samuel Smiles — Download Open image

“Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.”

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

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The women of the poorer classes make sacrifices, and run risks, and bear privations, and exercise patience and kindness to a degree that the…

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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 experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning; whereas, the experience gained from actual life is of…

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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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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.

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Daily contact with some teachers is itself all-sided ethical education for the child without a spoken precept. Here, too, the real advantage of male over female teachers,especially for boys, is seen in their superior physical strength,which often, if highly estimated, gives real dignity and commands real respect, and especially in the unquestionably greater uniformity of their moods and their discipline.

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