Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNI don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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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 will prepare and some day my chance will come.
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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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Force is all conquering, but it’s victories are short lived.
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Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
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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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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.
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I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
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Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
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No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
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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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