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Famous Abraham Lincoln Quotes
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
“You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
“In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
“A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.”
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
“I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
“Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”
“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”
“I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.”
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.”
“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry”
“It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.”
“I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views.”
“Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.”
“I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.”