Inspiring Quotes by Abraham Lincoln - Page 2

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Small: I walk slowly, but I never walk backward
"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward"
Small: I remember my mothers prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life"
Small: Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other"
Small: Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,
"Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure"
Small: All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother
"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother"
Small: All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and m
"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind"
Small: A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me
"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me"
Small: A house divided against itself cannot stand
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"
Small: A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have
"A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have"
Small: The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time
"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time"
Small: My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure
"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure"
Small: If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance
"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance"
Small: When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, its best to let him run
"When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run"
Small: The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend"
Small: Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands,
"Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors"
Small: I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis.
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts"
Small: If this is coffee, please bring me some tea but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee
"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee"
Small: If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for
"If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business"
Small: When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am
"When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say"
Small: The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly"
Small: The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheeps for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while t
"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty"
Small: The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe
"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"
Small: Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed
"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed"
Small: We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution"
Small: You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today"
Small: You cannot build character and courage by taking away a mans initiative and independence
"You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence"
Small: You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time"
Small: With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die
"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die"
Small: With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed
"With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed"
Small: With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, l
"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds"
Small: Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally
"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally"
Small: To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary
"To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary"
Small: Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves"
Small: If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and ho
"If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it"
Small: I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end
"I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end"
Small: I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend
"I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me"
Small: I can make more generals, but horses cost money
"I can make more generals, but horses cost money"
Small: In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we pr
"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth"
Small: What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself
"What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself"
Small: The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person
"The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person"
Small: No man is good enough to govern another man without that others consent
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent"
Small: If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem
"If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem"
Small: 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 p
"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"
Small: I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the countrys cause
"I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause"
Small: Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be
"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be"
Small: Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle
"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle"
Small: Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible
"Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible"
Small: He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make
"He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make"
Small: He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help
"He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help"
Small: Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth
"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth"