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Samuel Smiles

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Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease — the rust of the soul, a plague, a hell itself.

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Hope is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

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The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.

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Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

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