#be

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#advance #best #cannot #comparatively #great

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#amidst #been #difficulty #done #duty

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#conquered #entirely #knowledge #labor #our

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

— Samuel Smiles

#forbear #live #man #others #peace

We believe that when you make Black America better - you make all of America better. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#believe #better #black #black america #make

The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and woman. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#faith #god #loses #saddest #saddest thing

I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument - the first one, of course, was drums - till I was about nine years old. ↗

— Mel Torme

#any #begin #course #did #drums

I thought our community should have a deep dialogue to make black America better. I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#believe #better #black #black america #community

That is still the case in this country for too many students, the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you don't expect them to learn, if you don't expect them to succeed - then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#case #country #expect #expectations #learn

For there are better sides to life And I should know because I've seen them But not very often ↗

— Morrissey

#life #life