Scottish - Author | December 23, 1812 - April 16, 1904
Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
Samuel Smiles
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Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.
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The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
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I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.
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Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
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Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right.
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