Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.
Samuel SmilesWoman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.
Samuel SmilesCourage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the women, who have done the most courageous deeds.
Samuel Smiles"Where there is a will there is a way" is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it and secures its achievement. To think we are able is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.
Samuel Smiles