I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNMy father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.
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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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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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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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If 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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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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It’s not me who can’t keep a secret. It’s the people I tell that can’t.
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Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
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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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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.
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When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.
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I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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Nothing will divert me from my purpose.
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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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My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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