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

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Determination Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Soul Quotes

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

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...

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an...

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an...

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

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

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

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

Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

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

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

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Biography is the only true history

Biography is the only true history

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

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...

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

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.

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...