Samuel Smiles

Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.

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Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.

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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

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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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Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

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The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

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Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.

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Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

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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.

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Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.

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There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.

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A place for everything, and everything in its place.

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Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

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Quotes by Samuel Smiles