Samuel Smiles Quotes

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
Samuel Smiles

Men, Greatest, Serve

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.
Samuel Smiles

Self, Sense, Duty

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
Samuel Smiles

Peace, Wise, Live

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, Men, Best

It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action.
Samuel Smiles

Great, Power, Character

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
Samuel Smiles

Life, Nature, Experience

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

Life, Nature, Experience

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Author

Born: December 23, 1812

Died: April 16, 1904

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