Thomas Carlyle Quotes

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• 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…
• A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
• He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
• Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul…
• Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
• I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
• A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.
• Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
• Endurance is patience concentrated.
• A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
• The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
• If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
• No pressure, no diamonds.
• Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
• Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
• Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
• What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection…
• Silence is more eloquent than words.
• There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
• A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

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