I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNIf 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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To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
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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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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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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 have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
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All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
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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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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
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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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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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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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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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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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