Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what clearly lies at hand. – Thomas Carlyle
A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads. – Thomas Carlyle
Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the Rights of Men; a very cruel injustice if you deny it to a man! – Thomas Carlyle
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. – Thomas Carlyle
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it. – Henry Ward Beecher