Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

No violent extreme endures.

No violent extreme endures.

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which...

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which...

Ridicule is the language of the devil

Ridicule is the language of the devil

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Foolish men imagine that because judgement for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Foolish men imagine that because judgement for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.