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 LINCOLNI 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.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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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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Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
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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, and, under a just God cannot retain it.
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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
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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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I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.
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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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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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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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Achievement has no color.
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