All Thomas Carlyle Quotes
- A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. Cannot Make
- Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere. Action
- The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion. Civilization
- A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder. Goal
- A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. Exhibits
- Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. Age
- War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle. Anti War
- Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct. Action
- If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt. Always Give
- A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind. Blessing
- Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. All
- Clever men are good, but they are not the best. Best
- Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being. All
- It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. Happy
- Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are. Honor
- Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. Calmness
- The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. Innovation
- Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. Dishonesty
- Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. Capacity
- I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am. Bigger
- If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded. Inspirational
- Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. April
- No person is important enough to make me angry. Angry
- Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. Devil
- Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. Been