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

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Self Actualization Quotes

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

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...

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

No age seemed the age of romance to itself.

No age seemed the age of romance to itself.

A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was...

A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

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...

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

All great peoples are conservative.

All great peoples are conservative.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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...

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...

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

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

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

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.

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you...

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you...

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.