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Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.
Samuel Smiles
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Samuel Smiles
Age: 91 †
Born: 1812
Born: December 23
Died: 1904
Died: April 16
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Where there is a will there is a way is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it and secures its achievement. To think we are able is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.
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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.
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The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.
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An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
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