Quotes by Samuel Smiles

Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.

— Samuel Smiles

Education

Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.

— Samuel Smiles

Life

No good thing is ever lost. Nothing dies, not even life which gives up one form only to resume another. No good action, no good example dies. It lives forever in our race. While the frame moulders and disappears, the deed leaves an indelible stamp, and moulds the very thought and will of future generations.

— Samuel Smiles

Hope

Every word, thought, and deed has its influence upon the destiny of man. Every life, well spent or ill spent, bears with it a long train of consequences, extending through generations yet unborn.

— Samuel Smiles

Life

Obedience, submission, discipline, courage—these are among the characteristics which make a man.

— Samuel Smiles

Courage

With many people, religion is merely a matter of words. So far as words go we do what we think right. But the words rarely lead to action, thought, and conduct, or to purity, goodness, and honesty. There is too much playing at religion, and too little of enthusiastic, hard work.

— Samuel Smiles

Success

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

— Samuel Smiles

Wisdom