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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
The purpose of man is in action not thought. - Thomas Carlyle

The purpose of man is in action not thought. – Thomas Carlyle

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Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. – Thomas Carlyle

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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. – Thomas Carlyle

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Men
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. – Thomas Carlyle

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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose. – Leo Buscaglia

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The purpose of a mans heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. James 1:19 – Bible

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[M]an is fulfilling the purpose of existence who no longer needs to have any purpose except to live. That is to say, who is content. – Ludwig Wittgenstein [see Dostoyevsky]
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I love the valiant; but it is not enough to wield a broadsword, one must also know against whom. – Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra

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I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms. – Ann Romney

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