Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
Samuel SmilesIt is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest: better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune. . . .
Samuel SmilesMere political reform will not cure the manifold evils which now afflict society. There requires a social reform, a domestic reform, an individual reform.
Samuel SmilesThe best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them.
Samuel SmilesThe path of success in business is invariably the path of common-sense. Nothwithstanding all that is said about "lucky hits," the best kind of success in every man's life is not that which comes by accident. The only "good time coming" we are justified in hoping for is that which we are capable of making for ourselves.
Samuel Smiles