Thomas Carlyle Quotes

All work of man is as the swimmer's: a vast ocean threatens to devour him; if he front it not bravely, it will keep its word.

Thomas Carlyle

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• Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Children
  • Technology
  • Car

• I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Work
  • Marketing
  • Selfish

• It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Work
  • Great
  • Thinking

• Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.

  

  Lakhdar Brahimi
  • World
  • Great
  • Freedom

• People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • People
  • Work
  • Too Much

• The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Men
  • Business
  • Failure

• I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Trying
  • Truth
  • Small

• I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
  • Writing
  • Deep
  • Story

• I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.

  

  Mackenzie Rosman
  • People
  • Family
  • Problems

• I'm honestly all over the board. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably say it's country first, but I listen to literally everything: country, pop, rock, rap.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Country
  • Think
  • Rock

• Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Help
  • Team
  • Present

• I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'

  

  Zendaya
  • Remember
  • Want
  • Like

• You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • People
  • You
  • Yourself

• I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Food
  • Running
  • Improvement

• Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.

  

  Queen Christina
  • More
  • Fools
  • Wicked

• I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Mind
  • Interesting
  • Open Mind

• I'm a part of a program called Toyota's Engines of Change Program. The message is that anyone can make a difference in their community or for whatever cause they feel strongly about. Everyone can be an Engine of Change.

  

  Aaron Peirsol
  • Change
  • Community

• In actuality, there was casting for the show and it was pretty difficult.

  

  Ted Allen
  • Pretty
  • Difficult
  • Show

• I've had every chemo in the alphabet, most of them more than once. Some of them that aren't even in the alphabet, they're just numbers - clinical trials. But I bet if you added all those up, it would have to be like 60- or 70-something. I've had 23 bone marrow aspirations. Having one isn't fun and I've had 23. So that's been tough.

  

  Craig Sager
  • Up
  • Fun

• It makes no difference abroad, The seasons fit the same, The mornings blossom into noons, And split their pods of flame.Wild-flowers kindle in the woods, The brooks brag all the day; No blackbird bates his jargoning For passing Calvary.Auto-da-fé and judgment Are nothing to the bee; His separation from his rose To him seems misery.

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Rose
  • Auto
  • Bee

• Why haven't you achieved your goals yet? What are your favorite excuses, and how do they hold you back?

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Why
  • Goal
  • Goals

• Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Life
  • Work
  • Great

• To be able to write 'Superman,' to be able to work with the legendary artist who is John Romita Jr., I signed on as soon as I could.

  

  Gene Luen Yang
  • Work
  • Superman

• All work of man is as the swimmer's: a vast ocean threatens to devour him; if he front it not bravely, it will keep its word.

  

  Thomas Carlyle
  • Work
  • Ocean
  • Swimmer