To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
THOMAS CARLYLEWork is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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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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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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A man lives by believing something.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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See deep enough, and you see musically.
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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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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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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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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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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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