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 LINCOLNThose who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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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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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 am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
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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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Achievement has no color.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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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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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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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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My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
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I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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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 am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
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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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