Quotes by Samuel Smiles

Where there is a will there is a way is an old and 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. (Samuel Smiles)

A place for everything, and everything in its place. (Samuel Smiles)

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing. (Samuel Smiles)

Enthusiasm...the sustaining power of all great action. (Samuel Smiles)

He who never made a mistake never made a discovery. (Samuel Smiles)

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

Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles. (Samuel Smiles)

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

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

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