Thomas Carlyle Quotes

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

Flashy people aren't everything, you know. Even when they have frizzled hair.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.

He knows much of what men paint themselves would blister in the light of what they are.

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization.

Character is what you are in the dark.

It is impossible to deny that dishonest men often grow rich and famous, becoming powerful in their parish or in parliament. Their portraits grace shop windows; and they live and die respected. This success is theirs; yet it is not the success which a noble soul will envy.

The world prefers decorum to honesty.

Never - no, not for one moment - believe that any human being, with sense in his skull, will love or respect you on account of your fine or costly clothes.

I have plenty of vanity in my life. I want to look pretty in the world. But it can be this bottomless pit.

I was trying to prove people wrong who said I wasn't a good guy, and I was trying to be the person that other people thought I was - people who loved our band thought I was a god.

I like to think of myself as a genuinely good person.

Anybody can act good to be around when they are doing really well.

I don't care if someone makes fun of me, but if someone calls me a mean person or something, I reply. If you don't like me in makeup, that's OK. But I would like people to like me as a person.

Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It's the approval of your peers.

I feel like I've earned respect with how I go about my business, how I carry myself.