List of Samuel Smiles Quotes

A Woman's Best Qualities Do Not Reside In Her Intellect, But In Her Affections. She Gives Refreshment By Her Sympathies, Rather Than By Her Knowledge.

Manners Are The Ornament Of Action.

Liberty Is The Result Of Free Individual Action,energy And Independence.

The Life Of A Good Man Is At The Same Time The Most Eloquent Lesson Of Virtue And The Most Severe Reproof Of Vice.

The Career Of A Great Man Remains An Enduring Monument Of Human Energy. The Man Dies And Disappears, But His Thoughts And Acts Survive And Leave An Indelible Stamp Upon His Race.

True Politeness Is Consideration For The Opinions Of Others. It Has Been Said Of Dogmatism That It Is Only Puppyism Come To Its Full Growth; And Certainly The Worst Form This Quality Can Assume Is That Of Opinionativeness And Arrogance.

He Who Recognizes No Higher Logic Than That Of The Shilling May Become A Very Rich Man, And Yet Remain All The While An Exceedingly Poor Creature; For Riches Are No Proof Whatever Of Moral Worth, And Their Glitter Often Serves Only To Draw Attention To The Worthlessness Of Their Possessor, As The Glow-worm's Light Reveals The Grub.

Sympathy Is The Golden Key That Unlocks The Hearts Of Others.

I See Nothing Quite Conclusive In The Art Of Temporal Government, But Violence, Duplicity And Frequent Malversation. King Rules Or Barons Rule: The Strong Man Strongly And The Weak Man By Caprice. They Have But One Law, To Seize The Power And Keep It.

The Egotist Is Next Door To A Fanatic.

Knowledge Conquered By Labor Becomes A Possession -a Property Entirely Our Own.

Diligence, Above All, Is The Mother Of Good Luck.