Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we do.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Life Quotes, Questioning Quotes

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, - one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egoism,...

Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, - one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egoism,...

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

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

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less...

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less...

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

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

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to...

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in...

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in...