9 Thomas Carlyle Quotes on Work

Thomas Carlyle quotes on work

7. He that works and does some Poem, not he that merely says one, is worthy of the name of Poet.

11. 'Genius' (which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all).

13. This great maxim of Philosophy he had gathered by the teaching of nature alone: That man was created to work, not to speculate, or feel, or dream.

25. All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew.

75. Mahomet himself, after all that can be said about him, was not a sensual man. We shall err widely if we consider this man as a common voluptuary, intent mainly on base enjoyments, - nay on enjoyments of any kind. His household was of the frugalest; his common diet barley-bread and water: sometimes for months there was not a fire once lighted on his hearth. They record with just pride that he would mend his own shoes, patch his own cloak. A poor, hard-toiling, ill-provided man; careless of what vulgar men toil for

86. The suffering man ought really to consume his own smoke; there is no good in emitting smoke till you have made it into fire.

87. 'A fair day's wages for a fair day's work': it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the everlasting right of man.

89. All work, even cotton spinning, is noble; work is alone noble...A life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god.

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