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
Select a background
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/2.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/21.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/13.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/14.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/1-375.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/20.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/22.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/1.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/4.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/12.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/3.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/15.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/1-275.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/5.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/9.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/24.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/4.jpg)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/7.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/8.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/11.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/6.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/23.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/17.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/19.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/25.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/10.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/16.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/1-400.png)
![Awesome background image](/backgrounds/default/18.png)
More quotes by Samuel Smiles
Popular Authors
A curated listing of popular authors.