Thomas Carlyle
127 quotations
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope.
The devil has his elect.
The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough.
The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.
All evil is like a nightmare; the instant you stir under it, the evil is gone.
Let each become all that he was created capable of being.
No violent extreme endures.
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
Society is founded upon cloth.
If the cut of the costume indicates intellect and talent, then the color indicates temper and heart.
The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
The heart always sees before than the head can see.
The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money.