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Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
Born: Dec 4, 1795
Died: Feb 5, 1881
Great Man Men Work World You
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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. Thomas Carlyle
Strength Persistence Soul Perseverance Strong Weak Distinguishes All Things Spite Obstacles Permanence Impossibilities Things
Necessity dispenseth with decorum. Thomas Carlyle
Decorum Necessity
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. Thomas Carlyle
Nothing Self-Confidence Like Self-Esteem Builds Accomplishment
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. Thomas Carlyle
Achievement Man Achieve Nothing Every Develop Simply Obstacle Powers Course His Accomplishment Stops Who Strengthening Muscle Desires
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 Carlyle
Silence Fall Hundred Oak Unnoticed Echoes Forest Sown Acorn Breeze Whole
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Thomas Carlyle
Business Our Distance Lies See Main Clearly Hand
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. Thomas Carlyle
Work Good Man Business Water Good Man Unknown Secretly Hidden Vein Like Underground Making Green Done Ground Flowing
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. Thomas Carlyle
Great Ambition Boredom Rather Got Exhaustion Than Die
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. Thomas Carlyle
Strong Weak Obstacle Became Block Pathway Which Granite
A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things. Thomas Carlyle
Man About Something Arguing Debating Man Lives Many Lives Believing Things
If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown. Thomas Carlyle
Fight Enemy Victory Crown
Silence is more eloquent than words. Thomas Carlyle
Silence Words Eloquent More Than
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen. Thomas Carlyle
Positive Sad Time Strength Man Better Will Power Sullen More Longer Cheerful Cheerfulness Than Same Wondrous Same Time Endurance Preserve
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. Thomas Carlyle
Merit Sincerity Novelty Originality
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. Thomas Carlyle
Adversity Diamond Dust Heaven Jewels
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. Thomas Carlyle
Faith World Kings Only Brute Brute Force Force Persuasion
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Thomas Carlyle
Wisdom Ignorance Collective Believe Individual
Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. Thomas Carlyle
Winter Long Summer April Come Does Very Wet May Chilling Stormy Length Lap Season
Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist. Thomas Carlyle
You Parrot Supply Demand Economist Terms Got Teach
Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. Thomas Carlyle
Man Repentance Faults Divine Most Greatest None Acts Conscious
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle
Music Angels Well Said Speech
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are. Thomas Carlyle
Me You Man Honor Will Kind Know Show
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle
Great History Man World Men Vain Great Man Great Men Man Lives The History Of Lives Biography
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. Thomas Carlyle
Nothing Insight More Terrible Without Than Activity
I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it. Thomas Carlyle
Me People Echo Soon Like Talk Always Tires While Little Much Little While Who Agree Amusing
War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle. Thomas Carlyle
War Fight Battle Cowardly Own Thieves Too Between Quarrel Two
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