Success 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... Samuel Smiles 34
Smile I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! Samuel Smiles 38
Success 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 he who never... Samuel Smiles 33
Success Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. Samuel Smiles 34
Natur Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline... Samuel Smiles 36
Soul Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease - the rust of the soul, a plague, a hell itself. Samuel Smiles 31
Perseverance Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and... Samuel Smiles 31
