Quotes by Samuel Smiles

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

— Samuel Smiles

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

— Samuel Smiles

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

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