All I have learned, I learned from books.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNCharacter is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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Nothing will divert me from my purpose.
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I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
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When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
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Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
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You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
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I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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