230 Quotes by Samuel Smiles

The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves.

Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation.

Self-control is only courage under another form.

It is not ease, but effort-not facility, but difficulty, makes men. There is, perhaps, no station in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered and overcome before any decided measure of success can be achieved.

Manners are the ornament of action.

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great.

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.

The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them.