Samuel Smiles Quotes

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

Samuel Smiles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PerseveranceWisdomMenRoadBecome

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

Jerry Hall

LoveCharacterPerformanceDoing

I'm not athletic.

Sofia Vergara

Athletic

When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.

Troy Brown

OwnershipDownTeammatesMatterHard

I really love Adina Porter.

Rutina Wesley

LoveReallyPorter

Asia has been by all accounts an incredible investment made by Yahoo.

Ross Levinsohn

InvestmentBeenIncredibleAsiaMade

My family moved to Saudi Arabia from Glasgow when I was 15. Being a 15-year-old girl anywhere is difficult - all those hormones and everything - but being a 15-year-old girl in Saudi Arabia... it was like someone had turned the light off in my head. I could not get a grasp on why women were treated like this.

Mona Eltahawy

FamilyWomenGirlLightSomeoneWhy

If I didn't do 'Batman,' 'Birdman' wouldn't have happened.

Michael Keaton

BatmanHappened

I'd had my daughter when I was a teenager - I took my daughter to college with me.

Loni Anderson

DaughterCollegeMeTeenagerTook

'The Office' is an amazing show. So is 'Extras.'

Christopher Guest

AmazingOfficeShow

Everything is for the good in the end.

Christine McVie

GoodEndEverythingIn The End

Sometimes when you're overwhelmed by a situation - when you're in the darkest of darkness - that's when your priorities are reordered.

Phoebe Snow

DarknessPrioritiesYouSituation

We are more than the work we perform. In fact, I'd say that our work is a mere representation of who we are underneath.

Shawn Amos

WorkSayMoreRepresentationFact

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