A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNWhen 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.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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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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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.
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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 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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Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.
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I am not concerned that you have fallen — I am concerned that you arise.
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It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
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Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
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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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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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