Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. - Thomas Carlyle

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. – Thomas Carlyle

Other quotes by Thomas Carlyle

The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder — waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you. – Thomas Carlyle

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Purpose
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No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors. – Thomas Carlyle

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Victory
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Consumerism
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Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. – Doug Horton

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Consumerism

The individual serves the industrial system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it by consuming its products. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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Consumerism

There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair. – Frank A. Clark

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Consumerism

Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership. – E. M. Forster

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Consumerism

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I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying theres nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. Theres a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of. – Hugh Leonard

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