Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. Thomas Carlyle View this quote
I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. Thomas Carlyle
Life is a series of lessons that have to be understood. Thomas Carlyle
Money, in truth, can do much, but it cannot do all. We must know the province of it, and confine it there, and even spurn it back when it wishes to get further. Thomas Carlyle
My books are friends that never fail me. Thomas Carlyle
Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future. Thomas Carlyle
No conquest could ever become permanent, which did not withal show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to conquerors. Thomas Carlyle
No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of art that has excellence and depth, is that at first sight it produces a certain disappointment. Thomas Carlyle
No violent extreme endures. Thomas Carlyle
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. Thomas Carlyle
Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
December 4th, 1795 - February 5th, 1881
