Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Browse 12 quotes from Thomas Carlyle, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“No pressure, no diamonds.”
“Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.”
“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.”
“Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.”
“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.”
“Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.”
“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.”
“Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”
“Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less scoundrel in the world.”
“The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.”
“No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”
“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further.”
