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Abraham Lincoln
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
--Abraham Lincoln
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
--Abraham Lincoln
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
--Abraham Lincoln
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
--Abraham Lincoln
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
--Abraham Lincoln
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
--Abraham Lincoln
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
--Abraham Lincoln
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
--Abraham Lincoln
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.
--Abraham Lincoln
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
--Abraham Lincoln
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
--Abraham Lincoln