The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the indiv…

Samuel Smiles
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The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual. ✨ 'Self-Help' (1859)
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Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors' minds ages ago. ✨ Character.
With will one can do anything. ✨ Samuel Smiles (1866). Self-help: With Illustrations of Charakter, Conduct and Perseverance, p.7

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