The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNIf I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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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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I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
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I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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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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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
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I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
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Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
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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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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
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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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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.
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Force is all conquering, but it’s victories are short lived.
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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
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If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence
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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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