Abraham Lincoln Quotes
“Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.”
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“When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.”
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“Sorrow comes to all...Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better and yet you are sure to be happy again.”
- Abraham Lincoln quotes
“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die”
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“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.”
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“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”
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“Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle.”
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“If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.”
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“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.”
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“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”
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“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
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“To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men”
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“Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward”
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“I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down...”
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“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax”
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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 by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
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“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people”
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“Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”
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“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
- Abraham Lincoln quotes
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
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“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
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“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”
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“Sir, 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”
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“A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have”
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“I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”
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“A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me”
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“God must Abraham Lincoln the common man, he made so many of them”
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“Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar”
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“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”
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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
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“I am not concerned that you have fallen / I am concerned that you arise.”
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“I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end”
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“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
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“The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.”
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“You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.”
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“What has once happened, will invariably happen again, when the same circumstances which combined to produce it, shall again combine in the same way”
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“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
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