When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
THOMAS CARLYLEIf 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.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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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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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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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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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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