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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.

Thomas Carlyle

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Honor Kind Man Yourself
There are remedies for all things but death.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Cure Death One Liner
The world is a thing that a man must learn to despise, and even to neglect, before he can learn to reverence it, and work in it and for it.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Himself Learning Man Work World
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Believe Himself Man Original Sincere
Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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Action Wasted Time Worth
Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Democracy Government Hero Satisfaction Yourself
Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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Best Experience Feeling heavy Money Soul
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!
THOMAS CARLYLE

Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Goal Incomplete Man
Silence is more eloquent than words.
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One Liner Silence Word
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Activity Direction Terrible Work
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Food Fun God Himself People
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Kind Man Misery Negative Work
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Ego Misery Negative Source
Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Faith Growth Knowledge
I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Ambition Boredom Greatness Myself

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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