The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

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

- Samuel Smiles

Hope

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

- Samuel Smiles

Hope

"Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever."

- Samuel Smiles

Reflection

"Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only."

- Samuel Smiles

Wisdom

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"We are all capable of change, both in our actions and our hearts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Personal Growth

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

- Paulo Coelho

Personal Growth

"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."

- Clayton M. Christensen

Personal Growth

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

- Arianna Huffington

Personal Growth

"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."

- Mark Twain

Personal Growth