Abraham Lincoln
United States
12 Feb 1809 // 15 Apr 1865
President
12 Feb 1809 // 15 Apr 1865
President
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Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest
Avoid popularity if you would have peace
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way
When 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 thinking about him and what he is going to say
Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed
If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will
To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men
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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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