The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder -- waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you. - Thomas Carlyle Quotes
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder -- waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you. Thomas Carlyle
 Purpose

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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are. - Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

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 Honor Scottish Philosopher
As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden, -

As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden, - "Speech is silver, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity

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Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness. - Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

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 Darkness Scottish Philosopher
That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only - Thomas Carlyle Quotes

That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only

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For all right judgment of any man or thing it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad - Thomas Carlyle Quotes

For all right judgment of any man or thing it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad

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 Judgment
What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books. - Thomas Carlyle Quotes

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.

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 Books And Reading Scottish Philosopher
Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. - Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

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 Hard Work Scottish Philosopher
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. - Thomas Carlyle Quotes

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.

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 Eternity
All reform except a moral one will prove unavailing. - Thomas Carlyle Quotes

All reform except a moral one will prove unavailing.

Thomas Carlyle

 Reform
We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs as we have never heard questioned - Thomas Carlyle Quotes

We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs as we have never heard questioned

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