The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
THOMAS CARLYLENo 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!
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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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.
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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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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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No pressure, no diamonds.
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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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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
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