Thomas Carlyle

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.