A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
THOMAS CARLYLEThey only are wise who know that they know nothing.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
-
-
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 -
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 -
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 -
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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 -
No person is important enough to make me angry.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
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.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
THOMAS CARLYLE -
Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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 -
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
THOMAS CARLYLE