The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
THOMAS CARLYLEPopular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
-
-
Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist – all he must learn are the two words “supply” and “demand.”
THOMAS CARLYLE -
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
A man lives by believing something.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE






