The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Action Quotes, Thinking Quotes

Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

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...

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.

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

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

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely,...

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely,...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom...

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of...

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of...

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

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...

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Society is founded upon cloth.

Society is founded upon cloth.

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

It doesn't take a genius to pump up the GNP [of a developing country] by...

It doesn't take a genius to pump up the GNP [of a developing country] by...