Samuel Smiles Quotes about Heart

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Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.

Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.

Samuel Smiles

Running, Heart, Character

Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.1

Woman is the heart of humanity ... its grace, ornament, and solace.

Samuel Smiles

Women, Heart, Grace

Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.38

Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.

Samuel Smiles

Heart, Weather, Quality

Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.219

Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.

Samuel Smiles

Heart, Men, Humanity

Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.38

The cheapest of all things is kindness, its exercise requiring the least possible trouble and self-sacrifice. Win hearts, said Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth, and you have all men's hearts and purses.

Samuel Smiles

Queens, Kindness, Heart

Samuel Smiles (1859). “Self-help; with illustrations of character and conduct”, p.323