Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Self Care Quotes

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

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

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

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...

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.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

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...

Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

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...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

Be not a slave of words.

Be not a slave of words.

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is...

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is...

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

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

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...