Abraham Lincoln
“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“The surest way to reveal one’s character is not through adversity but by giving them power.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“We shall sooner have the bird by hatching the egg than by smashing it.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what’s said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“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.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
