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 CARLYLEYou can make even a parrot into a learned political economist – all he must learn are the two words “supply” and “demand.”
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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A man lives by believing something.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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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.
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A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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