Samuel Smiles

Quotes

• “The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without hon...”
• “We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not d...”
• “Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.”
• “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.”
• “Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.”