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
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. – Samuel Smiles
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. – Samuel Smiles
Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. – Samuel Smiles
Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all – reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it. – Mitt Romney
I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and its kind of weird, its such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but its a special thing for me. – Michael Rapaport