“Give me six hours to chop
down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“I'm a slow walker, but I
never walk back.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“The things I want to know
are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“In the end, it's not the
years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“You can fool all the people
some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool
all the people all the time.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“When I do good,
I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Always bear in mind that
your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Things may come to those
who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“A friend is one who has the
same enemies as you have.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“No man is good enough to
govern another man without the other's consent.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“The best thing about the
future is that it comes one day at a time.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“You cannot escape the
responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“My concern is not whether God is on our
side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”
- Abraham Lincoln
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“Be sure you put your feet in the right
place, then stand firm.
- Abraham Lincoln
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“No man has a good enough
memory to be a successful liar.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Whatever you are, be a good
one.”
Abraham Lincoln |
“My great concern is not
whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“How many legs does a dog
have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a
leg.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Better to remain silent and
be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“The best way to destroy an
enemy is to make him a friend.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Common looking people are
the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“I will prepare and some day
my chance will come.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“As I would not be a slave,
so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
Abraham Lincoln |
“That some achieve great
success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“No matter how much cats
fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Avoid popularity if you
would have peace.”
- Abraham Lincoln
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“If this is coffee, please
bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“I don't know who my
grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Important principles may,
and must, be inflexible.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Tact is the ability to
describe others as they see themselves.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“The ballot is stronger than
the bullet.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“It is not best to swap horses while
crossing the river.”
- Abraham Lincoln
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“I am not bound
to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up
to what light I have.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Every man's
happiness is his own responsibility.”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“The best way to
predict your future is to create it”
- Abraham Lincoln |
“Plainly, the central idea of secession,
is the essence of anarchy”
- Abraham Lincoln
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“Truth is generally the best vindication
against slander.”
- Abraham Lincoln
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“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes
to all; and, to the young, it comes with
bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares.”
- Abraham Lincoln
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“Every blade of grass is a study; and to
produce two, where there was but one, is
both a profit and a pleasure”
- Abraham Lincoln
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“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open
your mouth and remove all doubts”
-Abraham Lincoln
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