Abraham Lincoln
United States
12 Feb 1809 // 15 Apr 1865
President
12 Feb 1809 // 15 Apr 1865
President
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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time
I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it
If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government
I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number
People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action
Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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