Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at... -Thomas Carlyle

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Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Thomas Carlyle , Philosopher
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Thomas Carlyle Quotes to Explore

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles...
Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius....
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us....
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 preser...
Clever men are good, but they are not the best....
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men....
The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall....
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything....
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom....
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books....

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I love to compete. To me, business is the ultimate sport. It's always on. There is always someone trying to beat me....
We've got to start making people realise that it's a proud thing to run a business, to export your goods around the country....
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The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressi...
Men invent means and methods of coming at God's love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it seems like a world of tr...
Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world....
From my standpoint, we ought to be talking about... how do you make Wisconsin a more attractive place for risk-taking, business investment, business e...
Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art....
Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am...
You could have everything right but be in the wrong place. You think your business is no good, but really, the problem is your place is no good....