"It is energy - the central element of……" — Samuel Smiles
"It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action"
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Samuel Smiles
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98 Quotes by Samuel Smiles
Samuel Smiles has 98 quotes on this site.
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Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.
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It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice,…
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Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.
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With will one can do anything.
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Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action
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Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may…
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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.
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It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one;…
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One might almost fear," writes a thoughtful woman, "seeing how the women of to-day are lightly stirred up to run…
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Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.
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It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the…
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
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Well begun is half done.
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A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole…
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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
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