Scottish - Author | December 23, 1812 - April 16, 1904
The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
Samuel Smiles
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Character is property. It is the noblest of possessions.
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An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
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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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Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
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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 of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
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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 made a mistake never made a discovery.
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Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.
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Length of years is no proper test of length of life. A man's life is to be measured by what he does in it and what he feels in it.
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The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
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We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
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Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.
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