What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Motivational Quotes, Students Quotes

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

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...

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

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

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we...

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we...

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get...

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get...

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

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

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

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

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

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...

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less...

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less...

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

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 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.