All Thomas Carlyle Quotes
- In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. Every Government
- No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Biographies
- Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea… Association
- If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown. Crown
- The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better. Better
- For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad. All
- No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence. All
- Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone. Action
- All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. All
- He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. Advance
- Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. All
- No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes. Every Seen
- No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad. Altogether
- The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. Attitude
- The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity. All
- A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. Inspirational
- Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct. Belief
- History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. Anything Great
- 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,… Agree
- In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment. Beginning
- It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see. Head
- Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness. Account
- Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. Activity
- Oh, give us the man who sings at his work. Give
- Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with. Clamour