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Success treads on the heels of every right effort and though it is possible to overestimate success to the extent of almost deifying it, as is sometimes done, still in any worthy pursuit it is meritorious.
Samuel Smiles
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Samuel Smiles
Age: 91 †
Born: 1812
Born: December 23
Died: 1904
Died: April 16
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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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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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Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.
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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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