I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNGet books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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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 do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
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All I have learned, I learned from books.
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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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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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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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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.
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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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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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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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Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.
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To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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