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The best effect of any book, is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
Books - Reading
Thomas Carlyle

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The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope.
Despair
Thomas Carlyle

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The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.
Action
Thomas Carlyle

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The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough.
Difficulties
Thomas Carlyle

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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
Fear
Thomas Carlyle

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The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.
Sin
Thomas Carlyle

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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
Sincerity
Thomas Carlyle

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The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
Soul
Thomas Carlyle

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The spiritual is the parent of the practical.
Spirit and Spirituality
Thomas Carlyle

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The true university of these days is a collection of books.
Libraries
Thomas Carlyle

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The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.
Mediocrity
Thomas Carlyle

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There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.
Proverbs
Thomas Carlyle

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Variety is the condition of harmony.
Variety
Thomas Carlyle

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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
Eyes
Thomas Carlyle

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What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.
Ability
Thomas Carlyle

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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
Writers and Writing
Thomas Carlyle

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No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
Ability
Andrew Carnegie

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No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
Delegation
Andrew Carnegie

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Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Fools and Foolishness
Dale Carnegie

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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy
Fear
Dale Carnegie

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Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
Speakers and Speaking
Dale Carnegie

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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Mistakes
Dale Carnegie

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We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
Possibilities
Dale Carnegie

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A committee is an animal with four back legs.
Committees and Meetings
John Le Carre

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I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.
Blasphemy
John Le Carre

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun