Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.
Samuel Smiles quote Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
Samuel Smiles quote 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 quote Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
Samuel Smiles quote An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
Samuel Smiles quote Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.
Samuel Smiles quote He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
Samuel Smiles quote Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
Samuel Smiles quote Biography
Lived 1812 - 1904
