A tendancy to melancholy – let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.
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.
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When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.
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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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Nothing will divert me from my purpose.
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I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.
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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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