Thomas Carlyle quotes - page 18

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity. (Thomas Carlyle)
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. View quote
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To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. View quote
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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. View quote
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Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being. View quote
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Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. View quote
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Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment. View quote
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music. View quote
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The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall. View quote
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If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown. View quote
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Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. (Thomas Carlyle)
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. View quote
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. View quote
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Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. View quote
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A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy. View quote
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The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. View quote
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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. View quote
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He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. View quote
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Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. View quote
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Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. View quote
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Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. (Thomas Carlyle)
Thought is the parent of the deed. View quote
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Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. View quote
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. View quote
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War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle. View quote
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