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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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Samuel Smiles
Age: 91 †
Born: 1812
Born: December 23
Died: 1904
Died: April 16
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Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.
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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.
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Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.
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No good thing is ever lost. Nothing dies, not even life which gives up one form only to resume another. No good action, no good example dies. It lives forever in our race. While the frame moulders and disappears, the deed leaves an indelible stamp, and molds the very thought and will of future generations.
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Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.
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The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.
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Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.
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Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.
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Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.
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Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the women, who have done the most courageous deeds.
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The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.
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Woman is the heart of humanity ... its grace, ornament, and solace.
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Men cannot be raised in masses as the mountains were in he early geological states of the world. They must be dealt with as units for it is only by the elevation of individuals that the elevation of the masses can be effectively secured.
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The healthy spirit of self-help created among working people would, more than any other measure, serve to raise them as a class and this, not by pulling down others, but by levelling them up to a higher and still advancing standard of religion, intelligence, and virtue.
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