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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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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I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
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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 do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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A tendancy to melancholy – let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.
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I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
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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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Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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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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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
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All I have learned, I learned from books.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
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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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