Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the...

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to...

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to...

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred...

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

Work alone is noble.

Work alone is noble.

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

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

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.