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«'Where there is a will there is a way'.' is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. To think we are able, is almost to be so / to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.»
Author: Samuel Smiles
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attainment, barriers, frequently, resolution, resolves, scales, secures
«Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.»
«It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action.»
«Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.»
Author: Samuel Smiles
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«Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.»
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«Hope...is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.»
«To think we are able is almost to be so; to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself; earnest resolution has often seemed to have about it almost a savor of omnipotence.»
Author: Samuel Smiles
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attainment, determine, earnest, frequently, omnipotence, resolution, savor, savoring, savors
«The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning; whereas, the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom; and a small store of the latter is worth vastly more than any stock of the former»
«I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!»
Author: Samuel Smiles
«Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing... they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.»
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