There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
THOMAS CARLYLEOld age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist – all he must learn are the two words “supply” and “demand.”
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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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There are remedies for all things but death.
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