Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Endurance is patience concentrated.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

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...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no...

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief...

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief...

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow...

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow...

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.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

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

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

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

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...

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...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...