"Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it " — Samuel Smiles

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact

Source: The Will to Believe (1897)

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Source: Walden (1854)

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing

Source: Letter to James Madison (Jan. 30, 1787)

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Source: Artemis to Actaeon, Vesalius in Zante (1909)

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones

Source: Letter to James Welch (Apr. 7, 1799)

Samuel Smiles Quote