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 LINCOLNA tendancy to melancholy – let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
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Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.
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I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
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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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I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.
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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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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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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence
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I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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