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 SmilesCecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."
Samuel SmilesIt 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