Thomas Carlyle

"Be not a slave of words."

"Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness."

"Clever men are good, but they are not the best."

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

"Endurance is patience concentrated."

"Every noble work is at first impossible."

"Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death."

"If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music."

"Music is well said to be the speech of angels."

"Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world."

"Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us."

"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."

"The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully."

"The eye sees what it brings the power to see."

"The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better."

"The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall."

"Wonder is the basis of worship."

"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."

"Work alone is noble."