Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNMy great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Character 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 do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.
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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
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You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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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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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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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 am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
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If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.
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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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