Samuel Smiles Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: December 23, 1812 - April 16, 1904

Topics

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We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

Jim DeMint

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It's nice to get a response from the artists that I cover.

Joe Cocker

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All my life, I've been very aware of my body. I have always used it as a gauge of things. When I look at a person, and I see their body, that's the beginning of knowledge about them. Furthermore, I respect the body.

John Edgar Wideman

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At the beginning of the 60's our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country. We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone.' But this isn't reality.

Angela Merkel

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Members of the FBI and the Department of Justice - some of whom ended up on Bob Mueller's team to prosecute Donald Trump - did everything they could to exonerate Hillary Clinton for her crimes and incriminate Donald Trump with a non-existent crime.

Jeanine Pirro

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The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

Amanda Palmer

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I struggled with being a Latino growing up in Los Angeles. I felt very American. I still do. I went to 35 bar mitzvahs before I went to a single quinceanera. I could talk all day about my culture and what it means to me.

America Ferrera

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I love rap, and I love the angst of hardcore music and punk rock.

Sonny Sandoval

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The lakes in Washington State give us tons of crawfish.

Tom Douglas

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Perhaps life is actually more confusing and unknowable to an adult than a child, but grown-ups have learned to deceive themselves and act as if they understand what's going on; and some are elected to high office on the basis of their ability to create this impression.

Michael Leunig

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Maggie is my sister-in-law, married to my brother David. She is a defense attorney who devotes 25 percent of her practice to pro bono wrongful-incarceration cases.

Lisa Lutz

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Through the years, I have been overwhelmed by the number of people who have shared how much they relate to my 'Sordid Lives' family, and how many gay men and women used it to come out to their conservative families through the humor of the film.

Del Shores

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