Quotes by scottish authors

In addition to being a writer, I'm a librarian - professionally trained and everything. Theresa Breslin

Addition Everything Librarian Writer Trained Being Professionally

One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and had similar life experiences. Theresa Breslin

Life Characters Life Experiences Similar Write Had Spoke Because Began Did Where Children Experiences Wanted Stories Reasons

Tomorrow let us do or die! Thomas Campbell

Tomorrow Die Us Let Us

To bear is to conquer our fate. Thomas Campbell

Fate Our Bear Conquer

And muse on Nature with a poet's eye. Thomas Campbell

Nature Poet Eye Muse

Ye are brothers, ye are men, and we conquer but to save. Thomas Campbell

Men Brothers Conquer Save

What millions died that Caesar might be great! Thomas Campbell

Great Caesar Died Might Millions

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. Thomas Carlyle

Life Rare Almost Well-Spent Well-Written

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity. Thomas Carlyle

Life Man Heart Thought Free Vanity Upright Dishonest Deeds

In books lies the soul of the whole past time. Thomas Carlyle

Time Soul Past Books Lies Past Time Whole

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. Thomas Carlyle

Love Heart Lie Humor Laughter More Head True Smiles Contempt Still Issues Springs Than Essence Which Far Deeper

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

Writing Dreadful Idleness Labor

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

Good You See Over Infinite

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes. Thomas Carlyle

Life Youth Hopes Only Glad Attains Escapes Often Season

Let each become all that he was created capable of being. Thomas Carlyle

Become He Being Capable Created Each

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether. Thomas Carlyle

Better Suppressed Action Kind Talk Altogether Does End Any

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes. Thomas Carlyle

Eyes Seen Every Ghost Pair Two

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five. Thomas Carlyle

Happiness Age Men Young Increase Otherwise Nineteen Follow Emerged Lawful Could Studies Wiser Invisible Sadder Rendered Till Real Were Covered Left Human Young Men Human Happiness Barrels Twenty-Five

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart. Thomas Carlyle

Heart Temperament Color Talent Intellect Cut Speaks Garment

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is. Thomas Carlyle

Obedience Claims Him Due Woe Refuses

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can. Thomas Carlyle

Men Ought Unless Than Less

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. Thomas Carlyle

Courage Live Prize Die Decently Desire

The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Thomas Carlyle

Today Yesterday Outer Passes Forever Same Away Innermost

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct. Thomas Carlyle

Conviction Worthless Excellent Never Until Conduct Itself

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. Thomas Carlyle

Genius Taking Infinite Capacity Pains