Thomas Carlyle Quotes About Sincerity

Quotes about: Sincerity

• The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Innovation, Insightful, Novelty

  Thomas Carlyle (1840). “Works”, p.116

• The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Believe, Men

  Thomas Carlyle (1840). “Works”, p.116

• I should say sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first characteristic of all men in any way heroic.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Way, Firsts

  Thomas Carlyle (1872). “On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History”, p.42

• The Great Man's sincerity is of the kind he cannot speak of, is not conscious of: nay, I suppose, he is conscious rather of insincerity; for what man can walk accurately by the law of truth for one day? No, the Great Man does not boast himself sincere, far from that; perhaps does not ask himself if he is so: I would say rather, his sincerity does not depend on himself; he cannot help being sincere!

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Law, One Day

  Thomas Carlyle (1871). “The Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.218

• It's a man's sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Vision, Depth

  Thomas Carlyle (1864). “Sartor Resartus”, p.247

• The sincere alone can recognize sincerity.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Sincerity, Sincere

  Thomas Carlyle (2016). “Heroes and Hero Worship: The Historian”, p.193, 北戴河出版

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