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.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNI don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
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Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
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I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.
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It’s not me who can’t keep a secret. It’s the people I tell that can’t.
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Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.
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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.
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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 man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.
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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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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
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