Quotes & anectdotes from
the wise,
the foolish,
the courageous &
the drunk

Samuel Smiles Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Dec 23, 1812
  • Died: Apr 16, 1904

Samuel Smiles, was a Scottish author and government reformer. He is most known for writing Self-Help, which "elevated [Smiles] to celebrity status: almost overnight, he became a leading pundit and much-consulted guru".

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!