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Abraham Lincoln
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
“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.”
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of th...
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
“All I have learned, I learned from books.”
“I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.”
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.”
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
“I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.”
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound tosucceed, but I am bound to live up to what light I h...
“No man is poor who has a Godly mother.”
“The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.”
“The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements ...
“Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.”
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”
“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdo...
“I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all. ”
“It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made h...
“Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.”
“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a...
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true t...
“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”
“Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (Whe...
