Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

The march to our duty here, not merely to ourselves, but to our surroundings, must proceed. God wills it.

I feel like I have to share whatever I can. You're culpable if you don't act.

Just do your business and everything else will take care of itself.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

Consult duty not events.

A new era of responsibility is here.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.

Study first, play afterwards.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

We're all given something to do. And when we don't follow what we're supposed to do, we always know when we're off track.

What one has to do usually can be done.

Keep your eye on what you're responsible to and what you're responsible for, and that'll keep you right.

With every little bit of change we make in our lives, we can maximize that small change simply by asking ourselves: 'What's next? What can I do now? What additional responsibility can I take on?'

My theory has always been, if you take care of your business today, take care of the job you have at hand, whatever else comes down the road will be there for you.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

A wise man should constantly discharge the paramount duties, but not always the minor ones; for he who does not discharge the former, while he obeys the latter alone, becomes an outcast.

Must we always do our duty? If so, how are we always to know what is our duty?

When the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.

My philosophy is that you do what you have to do.

Every day carries with it a responsibility.

I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on what needs to be done, do the right thing, not the popular thing.

I've got a job to do.