Tag: Thomas Carlyle

Patience has its limits…

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Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. -John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? -William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Abused patience turns to fury. -Thomas Fuller (1608 – 1661) Endurance is patience concentrated. -Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881) To… Continue reading Patience has its limits…

You quit when the gorilla is tired…

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Life is one long process of getting tired.-Samuel Butler (1835 – 1902) I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.-Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881) The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.-Mia Hamm (b. 1972) I'm an artist.… Continue reading You quit when the gorilla is tired…