Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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!
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
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A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
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Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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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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