Quote by Thomas Carlyle
A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes

A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads. – Thomas Carlyle

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This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it. – Thomas Carlyle

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There is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it. – Thomas Carlyle

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The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it. – Mack R. Douglas

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We would rather have one man or woman working with us than three merely working for us. – J. Dabney Day

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All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I like villains because theres something so attractive about a committed person — they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. Theyre motivated. – Russell Crowe

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What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers. – Scott Walker

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PETAs campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open childrens hearts and minds to animals needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain – as they do – then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect. – Ingrid Newkirk

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