Thomas Carlyle Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Thomas Carlyle quotes, Thomas Carlyle sayings, and Thomas Carlyle proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Without kindness there can be no true joy. Thomas Carlyle
Ill-health of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy! Thomas Carlyle
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. In fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite. Thomas Carlyle
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. Thomas Carlyle
A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one. Thomas Carlyle
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. Thomas Carlyle
Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless. Thomas Carlyle
Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. Thomas Carlyle
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere. Thomas Carlyle
Do the duty which lies nearest to you. The second duty will then become clearer. Thomas Carlyle
For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad. Thomas Carlyle
Our life is not really a mutual helpfulness; but rather, it's fair competition cloaked under due laws of war; it's a mutual hostility. Thomas Carlyle
One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. Thomas Carlyle
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone. Thomas Carlyle
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. Thomas Carlyle
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle
Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes. Thomas Carlyle
The block of granite, which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. Thomas Carlyle
War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle. Thomas Carlyle
By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears. Thomas Carlyle
Literature is the thought of thinking Souls. Thomas Carlyle
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone. Thomas Carlyle
We are the miracle of miracles, the great inscrutable mystery of God. Thomas Carlyle
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. Thomas Carlyle
Dishonesty is the raw material not of quacks only, but also in great part of dupes. Thomas Carlyle
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. Thomas Carlyle
It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see. Thomas Carlyle
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. Thomas Carlyle