Quote by Samuel Smiles
It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting t

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

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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

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A little neglect may breed great mischief. – Benjamin Franklin

Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves. – Owen Felltham

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. – Samuel Johnson

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Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness and remember your strength. – Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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