Samuel Smiles (1812 – 1904), was a Scottish author and government reformer who campaigned on a Chartist platform.
撒母耳·斯迈尔斯 （1812年－1904年）苏格兰作家和改革家，从事宪章运动。
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样地开心，整个世界似乎都对著我笑。
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个人成长的根源。
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：
我们从失败里学习智慧比从成功为多。我们先寻找什麽不可以做，然後才发现任何可以做；或许没有错误就没有发现。
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：
那些懂得寻找方法的人经常可以寻找机会；还有他们若找不到，他们会製造出来。
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，及永远是，所有宝贵的事物必然的价钱。
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 - 它奇蹟地产生出不同年龄的热情。它们叫做品格的力量和优秀行动的持续性。
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：
很多伟人被责任所激励，他们的作品往往在苦难和困境的包围下完成。他们对著退潮奋力挣扎，筋疲力尽到达海岸边。
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：
最好的进展是相对地比较慢。优良的结果不可以一刻间完成；而我们要对人生中一步一步向前行的时候感到满足。
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：
劳力可能是负担和惩罚，但也是名誉和光荣。没有它，没有事情可以完成。
902. Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. 中文 / Chinese：
好的行动给我们力量和会激励起其他人。
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，成功的母亲；他若有希望奇蹟便会成为他的礼物。
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：
勤劳可以找回失去的财富，读书可以找回失去的知识，但失去的时间一去不返。
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：
大部份个案，人生的战役都是向上攻的；假如没有奋鬥没有光采，没有困难没有成功；假如没有事情值得奋鬥，没有目标可以实现。
825. Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. 中文 / Chinese：
希望就像太阳，我们向著它前行，把我们重担的影子投在背後。
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：
很多伟大的东西 - 伟大的思想，发现，发明 - 通常在艰苦情况下培育出来，在悲痛下沉思出来，在冗长的困难下建立起来。
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马上只做一件事。
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：
唯一方法要成为拥有智慧和悟性的人就是走过观察，关注，坚持，和刻苦的旧路。
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。
