Duty Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Silence is the eternal duty of man.

— Thomas Carlyle

The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.

— Thomas Carlyle

The latest gospel in this world is, know thy work and do it.

— Thomas Carlyle

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

— Thomas Carlyle

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become clearer

— Thomas Carlyle

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

— Thomas Carlyle

This little life has its duties that are great-that are alone great, and that go up to heaven and down to hell.

— Thomas Carlyle

And man's little Life has Duties that are great, that are alone great, and go up to Heaven and down to Hell.

— Thomas Carlyle

Let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this…

— Thomas Carlyle

Obedience is our universal duty and destiny; wherein whoso will not bend must break; too early and too thoroughly we cannot be…

— Thomas Carlyle

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen eye…

— Thomas Carlyle

Social Science, is not a 'gay science' but rueful, which finds the secret of this universe in 'supply and demand' and reduces…

— Thomas Carlyle

The situation that has not its duty, its ideal, was never yet occupied by man. Yes, here, in this poor, miserable, hampered,…

— Thomas Carlyle

It is no very good symptom, either of nations or individuals, that they deal much in vaticination. Happy men are full of…

— Thomas Carlyle

I too acknowledge the all-out omnipotence of early culture and nature; hereby we have either a doddered dwarf-bush, or a high-towering, wide-shadowing…

— Thomas Carlyle