Samuel Smiles (1812 – 1904), was a Scottish author and government reformer who campaigned on a Chartist platform.
撒母耳·斯邁爾斯 （1812年－1904年）蘇格蘭作家和改革家，從事憲章運動。
927. I’m as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! 中文 / Chinese：
我和世界上任何人一樣地開心，整個世界似乎都對著我笑。
928. The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual. 中文 / Chinese：
自助的精神是所有真正個人成長的根源。
929. We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
中文 / Chinese：
我們從失敗裡學習智慧比從成功為多。我們先尋找什麼不可以做，然後才發現任何可以做；或許沒有錯誤就沒有發現。
930. Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them. 中文 / Chinese：
那些懂得尋找方法的人經常可以尋找機會；還有他們若找不到，他們會製造出來。
931. Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable. 中文 / Chinese：
人工仍然是，及永遠是，所有寶貴的事物必然的價錢。
932. It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action. 中文 / Chinese：
是能量 - 意志是它主要成分 - 它奇蹟地產生出不同年齡的熱情。它們叫做品格的力量和優秀行動的持續性。
899. The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted. 中文 / Chinese：
很多偉人被責任所激勵，他們的作品往往在苦難和困境的包圍下完成。他們對著退潮奮力掙扎，筋疲力盡到達海岸邊。
900. Progress, 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. 中文 / Chinese：
最好的進展是相對地比較慢。優良的結果不可以一刻間完成；而我們要對人生中一步一步向前行的時候感到滿足。
901. Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honor and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished. 中文 / Chinese：
勞力可能是負擔和懲罰，但也是名譽和光榮。沒有它，沒有事情可以完成。
902. Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. 中文 / Chinese：
好的行動給我們力量和會激勵起其他人。
903. Hope… is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. 中文 / Chinese：
希望是力量的伙伴，成功的母親；他若有希望奇蹟便會成為他的禮物。
904. Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever. 中文 / Chinese：
勤勞可以找回失去的財富，讀書可以找回失去的知識，但失去的時間一去不返。
824. 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. 中文 / Chinese：
大部份個案，人生的戰役都是向上攻的；假如沒有奮鬥沒有光采，沒有困難沒有成功；假如沒有事情值得奮鬥，沒有目標可以實現。
825. Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. 中文 / Chinese：
希望就像太陽，我們向著它前行，把我們重擔的影子投在背後。
826. The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. 中文 / Chinese：
很多偉大的東西 - 偉大的思想，發現，發明 - 通常在艱苦情況下培育出來，在悲痛下沉思出來，在冗長的困難下建立起來。
827. The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once. 中文 / Chinese：
想用最短的方法去做很多事情就是馬上只做一件事。
828. Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by traveling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. 中文 / Chinese：
唯一方法要成為擁有智慧和悟性的人就是走過觀察，關注，堅持，和刻苦的舊路。
829. Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up. 中文 / Chinese：
人不可以向上假如他向下望；如果他要向上，他一定要向上望。
