Samuel Smiles Quotes

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.

Samuel Smiles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatThoughtsHardshipSorrowOver

This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it.

Andrew Bogut

RespectJobEnoughConcentrate

I think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time trying to connect the fact that there are a lot of shared values in addition to those differences.

John Pomfret

TimeBestThinkTryingValuesSame

I wish I could write 'Taxi Driver,' or 'Blue Velvet,' something brave, audacious, dramatic and dark. I don't know if I have the darkness in my own soul to be able to tap into it, unfortunately.

Stephen Merchant

DarknessSoulBlueBraveWishDark

You can keep yourself alive. That's the magic of being an actor.

Sonia Braga

YourselfMagicYouAliveActorKeep

I thank God, Jesus, and my Grandmother for being able to support myself and my family.

Steven Adler

FamilyGodMyselfSupportThank God

In a lot of cases, as in Tom and Nicole's case, the tabloids were about to break the story, so they said just let the news out. And they called organizations such as ours.

Mary Hart

StoryNewsSaidOutBreakJust

I've made some investments during my career that I'm happy with, so my life, talking financially, is definitely OK.

Mirko Cro Cop

LifeHappyMy LifeTalkingCareer

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.

Judith Viorst

HopeDinnerLateKnowStreetLying

I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts.

Jasper Johns

ThoughtsKnowHowOrganise

What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading, and it was in the course of reading that I became convinced that I should become an economist.

Douglass North

OpportunityWarMeReadingThree

I really like the ritual of shaving. I like getting the perfect brush and finding the right sandalwood soap. The act of shaving, though, is not fun. I like beards and the ease of them.

Chris Pine

FunFindingPerfectShavingRight

I tried writing a novel, but plays were the thing that kept feeding me, asking me to come back, sit down and be with them.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

MeWritingBackDownFeedingAsking

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