#no

I don't believe in social equality, and they know it. ↗

— George Smathers

#equality #i #know #social

I feel like a person living on the brink of a volcano crater. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#crater #feel #i #i feel #i feel like

I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions. It was a technical Marxist subject and I did not understand it nor did I know what questions to ask. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#ask #asking #carefully #circle #come

Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#be a man #being #being a girl #body #fights

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#battle #cases #difficulties #fought #honor

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#gone #health #industry #knowledge #lost

Progress however, 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

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

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

— Samuel Smiles

#conquered #entirely #knowledge #labor #our

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

— Samuel Smiles

#cannot #down #look #looked #man