If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower. – Samuel Smiles
Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it. – 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
The wise man… if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. – Samuel Smiles
When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little. – Miuccia Prada