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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.

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
Moving On, Success, Perseverance
Samuel Smiles (2014). “Self-Help”, p.52, Cambridge University Press

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

Samuel Smiles
Wisdom, Perseverance, Journey
Samuel Smiles (2009). “Self-Help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.462, The Floating Press

All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount.

Samuel Smiles
Perseverance, Overcoming, Advancement
Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.352

Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

Samuel Smiles
Perseverance, Spring, Blessing
Samuel Smiles (1864). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.209

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