The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
THOMAS CARLYLEMake yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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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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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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