“Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.”
— Samuel Smiles
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Practical wisdom is only to be learned
“Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.”
— Samuel Smiles
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Progress however, of the best kind, is
“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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Lost wealth may be replaced by industry,
“Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.”
— Samuel Smiles
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Hope… is the companion of power, and
“Hope… is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.”
— Samuel Smiles
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The experience gathered from books, though often
“The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.”
— Samuel Smiles
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It is a mistake to suppose that
“It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.”
— Samuel Smiles
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Hope is like the sun, which, as
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.”
— Samuel Smiles
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Hope… is the companion of power, and
“Hope… is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.”
— Samuel Smiles
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We learn wisdom from failure much more
“We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.”
— Samuel Smiles
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The wise man… if he would live
“The wise man… if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.”
— Samuel Smiles
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