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Samuel Smiles was a British author renowned for his influential works on self-improvement and personal success. Born on December 23, 1812, in Scotland, he passed away on April 16, 1904. His writings emphasized the importance of hard work, self-discipline, and perseverance, inspiring countless individuals throughout history.

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Famous Samuel Smiles Quotes

“Commit a child to the care of a worthless, ignorant woman, and no culture in after-life will remedy the evil you have done.”

Children Done Care Culture Evil Women Commit Ignorant Remedy Worthless

Book:Character

Source: Character

“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.”

Stills Sometimes Done Effort Worthy Pursuit Heels Overestimate

Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

“Though an inheritance of acres may be bequeathed, an inheritance of knowledge and wisdom cannot. The wealthy man may pay others for doing his work for him; but it is impossible to get his thinking done for him by another, or to purchase any kind of self-culture.”

Thinking Men Kind May Self Done Culture Pay Impossible Wealthy Inheritance Acres Knowledge And Wisdom

Book:Self-help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance

Source: Self-help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance

“When typhus or cholera breaks out, they tell us that Nobody is to blame. That terrible Nobody! How much he has to answer for. More mischief is done by Nobody than by all the world besides.”

World Done Answers Break Terrible Blame Mischief Break Out Cholera Typhus

Book:Thrift by Samuel Smiles

Source: Thrift by Samuel Smiles

“Whatever is done for men takes away from the stimulus and necessity of doing things for themselves. The value of legislative as an agent in human advancement has been much over-estimated. No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident or the drunken sober.”

Men Humans Has Beens Done Law Values Agents Idle Sober Advancement Stimulus Industrious

Author:Samuel Smiles

“The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.”

Littles Reason Done Action Reason Why

Book:Self-help

Source: Self-help

“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.”

Men Has Beens Done Suffering Work Duty Difficulty Inspired Trials Shore Tides Exhausted Tidy Greatest Man

Book:Character. Repr

Source: Character. Repr

“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.”

Men Wells Done Motivational Success Mistake Study Advice Example Positive Taught Failure Succeed Congratulations Success And Failure Trying To Succeed Determination To Succeed

Book:Character

Source: Character

“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.”

Men Mean Has Beens Done Found He Man Deeds Contrary Courageous Tenderness Gentleness

Book:Character. Repr

Source: Character. Repr

About the Author

Born: December 23, 1812
Died: April 16, 1904
Known for: Author
Quotes: 175

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