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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

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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

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I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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

— Samuel Smiles

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Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

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The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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

— Samuel Smiles

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Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for. ↗

— Jane Smiley

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