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 CARLYLENo pressure, no diamonds.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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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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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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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.
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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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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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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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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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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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