We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNBe sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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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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Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then, find the way.
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
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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 the people all of the time.
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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
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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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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.
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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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Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
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The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.
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To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
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All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
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I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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Nothing will divert me from my purpose.
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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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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.
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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
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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 deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
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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 like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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