Character & Thrift (Timeless Wisdom Collection)

By Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904), was a Scottish author and government reformer who concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His masterpiece, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits. It inspired dozens of authors, including Orison Swett Marden.This volume contains books two and three of his motivational collection. "Character" endeavors to fill up the picture of the noble and magnanimous man and woman, citing numerous examples taken from the lives of the best men and women who ever lived: invigorating examples of nobility of character. In "Thrift" he "assumed the dignity of labor, and urged men to economize in order to secure their independence; to provide for their families, with a view to the future; to live a sober, and manly life; to avoid the horrible curse of drink; and to raise them up to an elevation of virtue, morality, and religion."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1533649693
• ISBN13: 9781533649690
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"