Samuel Smiles

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

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

The best-regulated home is always that in which the discipline is the most perfect, and yet where it is the least felt. Moral discipline acts with the force of a law of nature.

As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

Most technological advances in our life now come from serendipitous discoveries. That is a contraction of rocket technology and computer technology and atomic clock technology.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.