Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Heroism Quotes

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or...

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or...

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.

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...

The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or...

The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or...

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

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...

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is...

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is...

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man...

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man...

History, a distillation of rumour.

History, a distillation of rumour.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

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.

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...