Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNThose who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.
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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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It’s not me who can’t keep a secret. It’s the people I tell that can’t.
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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
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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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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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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
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Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.
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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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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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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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Achievement has no color.
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