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Thomas Carlyle Quotes: Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
         

Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.


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Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.



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.



Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.



No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.



Endurance is patience concentrated.

Endurance is patience concentrated.



I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.



Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.



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

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



A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.



Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.





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Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.

Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.



Every person has felt pain, some deeper than others, some pain inmeasurable It is a choice to reframe that pain as power to create change~bns

Every person has felt pain, some deeper than others, some pain inmeasurable It is a choice to reframe that pain as power to create change~bns



Words have power.Their power doesn't merely emanate from the meaning they carry, but also hidden truth they leave behind.In what is left unsaid.

Words have power.Their power doesn't merely emanate from the meaning they carry, but also hidden truth they leave behind.In what is left unsaid.



I, a product of the New Frontier and Great Society, honestly believed that the world pretty much owed me a living--all I had to do was wait around in order to live better than my parents.

I, a product of the New Frontier and Great Society, honestly believed that the world pretty much owed me a living--all I had to do was wait around in order to live better than my parents.



A man is not measured by how much he can take and stand but by how fast he regains once fallen.

A man is not measured by how much he can take and stand but by how fast he regains once fallen.



I'm a big bike fan - my homies got Harleys and all kind of choppers - but to be honest I'm scared to ride motorcycles like that.

I'm a big bike fan - my homies got Harleys and all kind of choppers - but to be honest I'm scared to ride motorcycles like that.



The surest thing in the world is not death and taxes, it's death and eternity. Yet, we're so unconcerned.

The surest thing in the world is not death and taxes, it's death and eternity. Yet, we're so unconcerned.



Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought.

Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought.



Sometimes you have to do something you dislike to create something you desire.

Sometimes you have to do something you dislike to create something you desire.



The past is always a rebuke to the present.

The past is always a rebuke to the present.




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