Samuel Smiles - Character is property. It is the noblest...

Character is property. It is the noblest of possessions.

Biography

Author Profession: Author

Nationality: Scottish

Born: December 23, 1812

Died: April 16, 1904

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Topics

Character, Noblest, Possessions, Property

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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

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Love yourself for who you are, and trust me, if you are happy from within, you are the most beautiful person, and your smile is your best asset.

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

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I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors.

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The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Douglas MacArthur

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Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Don't forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally.

Hannah Bronfman

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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Abraham Lincoln

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That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

William Wordsworth

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I don't go by or change my attitude based on what people say. At the end of the day, they, too, are judging me from their perspective. I would rather be myself and let people accept me for what I am than be somebody who I am not, just because I want people's approval.

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Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

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A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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