Famous Thomas Carlyle Quotes



The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

Thomas Carlyle

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

Thomas Carlyle

If Jesus Christ were to come today people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.

Thomas Carlyle

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Thomas Carlyle

I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Thomas Carlyle

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

Thomas Carlyle

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Thomas Carlyle

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.

Thomas Carlyle

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Thomas Carlyle

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

Thomas Carlyle

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Thomas Carlyle

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

Thomas Carlyle

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Thomas Carlyle

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

Thomas Carlyle

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

Thomas Carlyle

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