Samuel Smiles Quotes & Quotations

Samuel Smiles Quotes

» ''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 often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. To think we are able, is almost to be so -- to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.

» The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

» 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 there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.

» The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

» An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

» The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

» The very greatest things -- great thoughts, discoveries, inventions -- have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.

» The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

» Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

» 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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