Quotes by Smiles, Samuel

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up. >>

It is energy -- the central element of which is will -- that produces >>

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery. >>

Quotations about Neglect

Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best >>

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poo >>

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their >>

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.

Smiles, Samuel