Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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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...

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in...

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in...

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

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...

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...

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...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

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

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

Work alone is noble.

Work alone is noble.

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

Love is not altogether a , yet it has many points in common therewith

Love is not altogether a , yet it has many points in common therewith

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

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

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...

Courage conquers all things, it even gives strength to the body

Courage conquers all things, it even gives strength to the body

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.