My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNDie 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.
More Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence
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Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.
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To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
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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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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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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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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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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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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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