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. Samuel Smiles Success
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. Samuel Smiles Success
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles Wisdom
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. Samuel Smiles Wisdom
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. Samuel Smiles Men
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. Samuel Smiles Learning
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. Samuel Smiles Success
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. Samuel Smiles Hope
Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree. Samuel Smiles Men
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. Samuel Smiles Hope
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles Failure
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 Time
Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree. Samuel Smiles Great
Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers. Samuel Smiles Nature
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. Samuel Smiles Life
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. Samuel Smiles Great
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. Samuel Smiles Power
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. Samuel Smiles Failure
I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! Samuel Smiles Smile