famous quotes and quotations Over 15,000 quotations and famous quotes.




box bottom

QuoteWorld :: Life :: Thomas Carlyle
Quotes by Thomas Carlyle in Life category:
Quote Rating  
"No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men." 4.0000 average rating  
"A man with a half volition goes backwards and forwards, and makes no way on the smoothest road; a man with a whole volition advances on the roughest, and will reach his purpose, if there be even a little worthiness in it. The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - a waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life and having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you." 3.6000 average rating  
"A well written life is almost as rare as a well spent one." 5.0000 average rating  
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." 4.6667 average rating  
"One life - a little gleam of Time between two Eternities." 4.2000 average rating