Quote by Samuel Smiles
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill and to win it

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. – Samuel Smiles

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Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. – Samuel Smiles

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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. – Samuel Smiles

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Failure
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It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application. – Samuel Smiles

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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed pay the price and it is yours. – Orison Swett Marden

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For globalization to work for America, it must work for working people. We should measure the success of our economy by the breadth of our middle class, and the scope of opportunity offered to the poorest child to climb into that middle class. – John J. Sweeney

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Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man. – Sammy Davis, Jr.

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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done. – Charles Schumer

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Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies – an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as investment. – Paul Ryan

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