Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
THOMAS CARLYLEHe who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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No person is important enough to make me angry.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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