Quote by Samuel Smiles
Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great r

Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step. – Samuel Smiles

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

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The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. – Samuel Smiles

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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

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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. – John Wooden

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Reading – the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. – William Styron

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The best time to plan a book is while youre doing the dishes. – Agatha Christie

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I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. Ive made some bad choices. – Amy Grant

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Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life. – Paramahansa Yogananda

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