“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.”
Samuel Smiles
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“The duty of helping one’s self in the highest sense involves the helping of one’s neighbors.”
Samuel Smiles
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“The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.”
Samuel Smiles
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“Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.”
Samuel Smiles
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“The wise man… if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.”
Samuel Smiles
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“He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.”
Samuel Smiles
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“Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.”
Samuel Smiles
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“Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession — a property entirely our own.”
Samuel Smiles
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“Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.”
Samuel Smiles
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Labor
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“Enthusiasm… the sustaining power of all great action.”
Samuel Smiles
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Enthusiasm
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“The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.”
Samuel Smiles
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Adversity
