Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
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I can force my kids to do almost anything. The trick is to develop their character so they want to do what is right. – Kevin H.
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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It’s easy to condemn and many are eager to jump on that bandwagon. The strength of our character allows forgiveness. – Kevin H.
Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
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If we aren’t preparing we are only dreaming. Keep working and focusing and you will get your chance. – Kevin H.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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How many masks do all of us wear. I wonder what the world would really be like if we would all just be ourselves. – Kevin H.
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.
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People will do anything for a friend. And those same people can tell if I really am or just trying to get them to do something for me. – Kevin H.
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
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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When I am in tune with God, there are those times when no matter what is said to me in a negative way, I can handle it and move on. The key for me is always staying in tune with God. Getting busy with my day sometimes causes me to lose focus and I’m not as strong. – Kevin H.
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
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The freedom that we enjoy cannot be taken for granted as I sometimes do. I am thankful for the national spirit that now exists and the support that our service men and women are receiving across the nation. I remember the Vietnam era and it saddens me for us as a nation. – Kevin H.
Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed as soon as possible, still, while they continue in force, for the sake of example they should be religiously observed.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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Happiness is a choice I try to convence myself of every day. Life is too short not to. – Kevin H.I believe Abrahama Lincoln knew how powerful our minds are. It is up to you what you focus on. Stay positive and focus on the good in your life. – Eric S.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
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They say power corrupts, and it can. As a teacher I try to remember the power and influence I have over those children and use it wisely. – Kevin H.
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
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My parents taught me honesty. I still try to live by that standard today and pass it on to my children and grandchildren. – Kevin H.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
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Thats what freedom is all about. Thats what choices are all about. We have the voice to choose who will lead us. We don’t have to stand for anarchy and will freely and quickly fight to make sure it never happens. – Kevin H.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
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We know what we like. I find it interesting all the different and various things that some people enjoy while others find completely different things that they like. Isn’t that what makes us as individuals so unique? – Kevin H.
Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.
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Life is too short to waist any of it fighting and bickering. Especially with the ones we hold so dear. – Kevin H.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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One of the greatest qualities we can possess. It’s easy to be critical. Anyone can do that. The greater skill is restraining. A true sign of maturity. – Kevin H.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
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If they can do it, I can do it. A true motivator for me to quit piddling around and get after it. – Kevin H.
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.
‘Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
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How many times have you stuck your foot in your mouth? Here’s one. Never ask a woman if shes pregnant, especially if she isn’t. – Kevin H.
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
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The Bible says it will set you free. And as our parents said, it’s always the best policy. – Kevin H.
When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and true maxim that ´a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.´ So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason, and which, once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing him of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause is really a good one.
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it´s best to let him run.
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I think he´s trying to say for us to choose our battles wisely. Wait for a better opportunity. Be patient, another time will come. – Kevin H.
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
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When Jesus was asked the greatest commandment he said love God with all your heart. And the second is like it, love your neighbor as yourself. He said this summed up the law and the prophets. What an incredible world we would live in if this were practiced by everyone. – Kevin H.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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Isn´t it funny how we work ourselves up over stuff. Returning a phone call that you dread. But once you´ve made it, it wasn´t near as bad as you originally thought. I admire those people who are not conflict avoiders. I must try to be more like them. – Kevin H.
You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.
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Why be deceptive anyway. It always seems to backfire and get me in trouble anyway. I´m sticking with honesty. – Kevin H.
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
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For me this means don´t try to fool anybody. Be yourself. Allow people to make up their own mind about the real you. You can´t please everyone so don´t try, just do the things you do because of what you believe not what you hope everyone will agree to. – Kevin H.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
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One of the qualities my parents drilled in to me. If its worth doing, its worth doing right. Always do your best. What a character builder this was for me. And it carries on today as an adult because of them. – Kevin H.
