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. Samuel Smiles actdisciplinefelt Change image and share on social
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles discoverdiscoveryfailure Change image and share on social
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. Samuel Smiles companiongifthope Change image and share on social
Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished. Samuel Smiles accomplishburdenchastisement Change image and share on social
Length of years is no proper test of length of life. A man's life is to be measured by what he does in it and what he feels in it. Samuel Smiles feltlengthlife Change image and share on social
Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. Samuel Smiles inevitablelaborprice Change image and share on social
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 amidstdifficultyduty Change image and share on social
Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease - the rust of the soul, a plague, a hell itself. Samuel Smiles badlybodydisease Change image and share on social
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only. Samuel Smiles disciplineexperienceinstruction share on social
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 achievebattlecase share on social
